Trivet c. 1942

This watercolor "Trivet," by Glenn Wilson, is a detailed rendering of a household object, maybe dating back to the late 19th or early 20th century. It’s an example of how ordinary objects can become extraordinary through art! The careful shading gives it a sculptural quality, as the artist painstakingly worked to capture every twist and curl of the cast iron. It almost feels like Wilson wanted to preserve a piece of history, giving it a kind of immortality through paint. Painters, we’re always looking. We borrow, steal, and learn from each other, across time, across genres. You see Wilson’s trivet, and you think about all those other artists who found beauty in the everyday. It becomes part of a bigger conversation about what we value, what we choose to notice, and how we turn the mundane into something meaningful.