Pewter Bowl c. 1936

This ‘Pewter Bowl’ by Henry Meyers is rendered with pencil on paper. You can see the way the vessel has been mapped out in faint lines that describe the shape of the bowl. It's as if Meyers is thinking through the bowl. I can imagine him carefully outlining the shape, erasing, refining, trying to capture the perfect curve of the bowl. What was he thinking as he worked? I can imagine the artist's mind filled with thoughts of volume, surface, and the play of light. The pencil marks create a delicate texture, giving a sense of the bowl's solid form. This drawing reminds me of other works that explore form and space, like the still lifes of Morandi, or the architectural studies of Renaissance artists. There's an exchange of ideas across time, artists inspiring each other's creativity. It's more than just a picture of a bowl. It’s a conversation about seeing.