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"I have an enduring interest in realism -- in how to paint or represent objects realistically.

While most of the objects in the paintings hold some meaning for us beyond themselves, their power is magnified by the process of painting them.

Objects are part of what we are. Through use and familiarity, the other becomes part of us. Red lacquer and blue and white china speak of the domestication of the exotic. Similarly, fruit, bowls and jars signify ritual, the abundance of daily life, and what makes the domestic sacred."

Crispin Akerman, Recent Paintings, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, 2009