Winter Bouquet (flowering quince, rosehaws, narcissus, winter rose and camellia) 1977

Morris Graves made this still life, Winter Bouquet, with what looks like watercolor, and maybe some gouache - I’m guessing at the medium here. The restrained palette creates a muted sense of warmth, like a memory, and the composition, with its sparse yet deliberate arrangement, makes me think of Agnes Martin’s subtle compositions and her quiet exploration of space and form. Look how the thin, washy paint allows the paper's texture to peek through, creating a sense of lightness, or air. In the bottom left corner, there's a small, almost ghostly bottle, rendered with such delicate brushwork that it seems to fade into the background. This quiet, almost melancholic quality reminds us that art embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations rather than fixed meanings.