I've recently discovered some really wonderful art by Korean artists. To my dismay, I know almost nothing about Korean art - but thanks to the internet, I'm beginning to discover some works I really like.
I've started poking around Google Arts & Culture, and it's actually pretty great - they feature various artists, various topics, various museums from one day to the next.
Somehow, one of those explorations led me to this terrific painting, Wood Box and Bottle.
I do love still lifes, especially paintings featuring objects (more than, say, food, although I like food still lifes a lot, too).
There's a Bay Area artist named Marie Pascal who also does wonderful object-based still lifes, and - although they're not much alike - Wood Box and Bottle reminded me of her work.
There's so much I like about this painting - the color palette, the composition, the way the box disappears into the tabletop. The simplicity.
(I was pretty disappointed in Google's Explore related content button. I was hoping for more work by the same artist, but the items they featured at the top of the popup have nothing to do with this work at all.)
I feel lucky to be living in a time when I can view artwork from all over the world just by following a few links on my computer screen.