Goblet c. 1936

Giacinto Capelli made this painting of a "Goblet" with watercolor. It’s got these delicate washes of a pale turquoise green that make the glass feel, well, glassy. You can almost hear the clink of it, can’t you? You know, I’ve been thinking about how much painting is about noticing. It's like, what did Capelli see in this goblet? What made him want to spend time with it, to record it with such care? I imagine him really looking, seeing the subtle shifts in color, the way the light moves through the glass. It's interesting how artists, even when painting something as simple as a goblet, are always in conversation with each other across time. And that it becomes this little jewel of embodied expression. It embraces the maybe-ness of things, allowing all of us to bring our own stories and interpretations to it.