Cream Pitcher c. 1937

This is Janet Riza’s ‘Cream Pitcher,’ an elegantly drafted watercolor of some kind of beautiful container. I can almost feel the artist’s hand moving, tracing the gentle curves of the glass, layering those pale blues and grays to capture light and shadow. It's like Riza is trying to grasp the essence of transparency itself! I wonder what Riza was thinking as she painted it. Maybe she was thinking of a quiet morning light, the gentle clink of glass, and the simple beauty of everyday objects? This painting reminds me of the way Morandi painted his bottles – a quiet meditation on form and light. There's a sense of stillness here, a feeling that we are invited to contemplate the pitcher's subtle textures and the way light plays across its surface. Painting is an ongoing conversation between artists across time; each stroke, each color choice, builds upon what came before. It's a form of expression that embraces ambiguity, inviting multiple interpretations.