Flowers Entwine Porcelain Animals and Objects in Lizzie Gill's Surreal Tablescapes

Flowers Entwine Porcelain Animals and Objects in Lizzie Gill's Surreal Tablescapes

“To have something be uncanny, you must first introduce the familiar,” says Lizzie Gill. Likening her compositions to a dining table’s place settings, the artist paints elaborate still lifes that explore the matriarchal lineages and how objects passed down shift in meaning over time. The vivid works feature flat backdrops met by boldly striped or floral linens and a menagerie of animals seized by fresh blooms. A marble and dust emulsion, which G…