“My fascination with still life began in art school,” explains Karen O’Neil [2] in a recent interview [3] for the blog “The Highway Is My Home.” “Morandi [4]was the first painter to steal my painter’s heart – and I loved contemporary still life as well. Janet Fish [5] has been a big favorite, and inspiration. It’s about the pure joy of seeing – the monumental and profound in our everyday visual experiences.” A selection of O’Neil’s still lifes also appears in a post [6] on the blog “The Jealous Curator.”