In practicing still life compositions, I wanted to use some items that I found personally engaging. Fortunately for me, I've accumulated a lot of odd items over the years.
From left to right: an empty San Pellegrino bottle, a plastic Tiki tumbler (I also have a green one and a magenta one -- hey, they were on sale at Target), a genuine McCoy Smiley-Face cookie jar (I omitted the "Have a Happy Day" on the base), and a steriodally large ceramic coffee mug with a rooster on it (a dollar store find when I was much more caffeinated).
A minor point of pride for me in this piece -- no preliminary sketching. I just started applying oil pastel to the gray paper, and used a wadded paper towel to blend and smooth the pigments. Considering this was my third or fourth oil pastel work, I'm rather happy with it.
Completed March 2006