Still Life with Crystal Bowl 1976

Roy Lichtenstein made this "Still Life with Crystal Bowl" sometime in his career, using his signature bold lines and flat colors. It’s interesting to see how he takes something as traditional as a still life and turns it into this vibrant, almost graphic explosion. What grabs me is the way he uses pattern. Look at the green and white squiggles mimicking the grain of wood. And then the Ben-Day dots, those little printed circles, in the bottom corner. These feel like separate worlds colliding on the same surface. There’s something both playful and incredibly controlled about it. It's like he's saying, "Here's a still life, but look at all the ways we can play with how we see it." Thinking about artists who play with pattern and perception like this, I'm reminded of someone like David Hockney. It's all about pushing the boundaries of how we experience the everyday. Art isn't about fixed meanings, but about opening up new ways of seeing.