Second Glass of Whisky 1992

I imagine Patrick Caulfield made this painting, titled "Second Glass of Whisky," with oils on canvas. It is the dead of night in this painting. I bet Caulfield was thinking about stage design, and making paintings in a graphic style like posters, where every choice is deliberate and exact. The dark black background and the way it is applied is very expressionistic. It's like he changed his mind, and made this smooth surface textural. The whisky glass is realistic, and the light seems to be coming from nowhere. It suggests a kind of artificial or symbolic light. A lone teardrop sits below the glass - a physical and psychological manifestation of sadness. He's looking at Giorgio Morandi or even minimalist sculpture, and then putting it all together to create something new, and deeply his own. Painting is a conversation between all of us, always!