Bob in the studio with the
current canvas and below
that a photo of the arrangement. Here he combines
antique bottles and a rare
stoneware jug with a modern
ceramic pot, sumac, dried
grass and shells.
C
hapel-like,
the
studio infuses inanimate
objects-bowls, vases,
trays and bottles-with
mysterious life. With the
simplicity, the modesty
of Morandi, but the
glowing refinement and
close detail of Dutch
seventeenth
century
interiors and still life
paintings,
Hunter���s
paintings, too, possess
mysterious life. Hunter���s
portraits of things are
real yet not photo real,
not kitsch. He proclaims
himself an impressionist.
He is also a thoroughly
modern
throwback
to something more
