Bowl of Eggs 1985

Mary Fedden's 'Bowl of Eggs' presents a world built from simple planes of color, each object outlined with a playful confidence. It’s like she's winking at us, inviting us to see the joy in ordinary things. Look at how she handles the paint; it's neither thick nor thin but just right, like a perfectly brewed cup of tea. The textures are subdued, but the colors sing. That zigzag pattern on the cloth, for example, it's not just decorative, it's like a visual vibration that animates the whole scene. And the bowl of eggs itself, sitting there like a little galaxy of possibilities, each egg a small, perfect world. The way Fedden lays down these colors, it's like she's having a conversation with the objects. It reminds me of Patrick Caulfield, another painter who found magic in the mundane. 'Bowl of Eggs' is about finding beauty in the everyday, embracing the awkward, and celebrating the simple act of looking.