A quarter of a century ago, Christopher Stott began painting a variety of vintage and antique objects using a contemporary still-life approach. These objects, including the likes of typewriters, telephones, books, and clocks, have always held a special place in his heart.
The charm of the world of things, the material culture of different eras, is a source of great inspiration for Stott. These are functional objects - objects with a job to do. And yet their shapes and forms, their designs and color, the way they are simultaneously straightforward and intricately complex makes them the most perfect subject to be explored in a painting.