Handsome

A checkerboard-patterned ceramic teapot with red floral medallions and a curved white spout sits atop a heavily embroidered cloth draped over unseen furniture. The fabric is covered edge to edge with spiral rosette motifs in indigo, magenta, and ochre, alongside a beaded orange ornament at lower left, set against a flat deep-blue backdrop.

Paint is built up in thick, encrusted strokes that mimic stitched thread, turning the textile into a tapestry of color and relief. The cool blue surrounding space throws the hot reds, oranges, and blues of the fabric into sharp relief. Every surface is treated as ornament rather than illusion, producing a dense, decorative still life.