Bishop Hill: Table 1936

Roberta Elvis rendered this 'Bishop Hill: Table' with what looks like watercolor or gouache on paper. It's like a technical drawing but with a soft touch, a way of seeing that embraces the handmade. Look at the legs of the table, how the brown ink or paint is layered to give them volume, that’s where the action is, right? Each stroke seems carefully placed, almost reverent. And then those two different views of the table, like a cubist painting showing us all sides at once. I’m reminded of Agnes Martin’s drawings, the way she used simple lines to create these vast, meditative spaces. There's a similar quality here, a quiet intensity that invites us to slow down and really see. It’s like Elvis is saying, "Hey, even a table can be a portal to another dimension if you look closely enough." Art, right, it’s all about seeing the world in a new light.