Robert Lemay

"I’ve been a still life painter for thirty years. This past year, at age fifty, I decided to strip the still life to its most basic form – an object in space. No tabletop, no wall, no floor, no glass, wood, cloth, or metal. Instead these works explore a balance between what is simple and what is complex, fragile/strong, light/dark. I use the flower as an expression of form and symbol. I believe that the word is also an exhortation: flower. Even in the deepest winter, the coldest season."