This pop-realism drawing by Mike Pitzer presents a meticulously detailed glass jar filled with a collection of vibrant marbles. The transparent jar, topped with a golden-yellow lid marked "MEDIUM," is rendered with precision, capturing the interplay of light on its smooth surfaces. Each marble inside displays unique patterns and colors—swirls of blues, greens, reds, whites, and blacks—varying from solid tones to intricate, flowing lines. The composition isolates the jar against a plain background, allowing the vivid colors and reflective qualities of the marbles and glass to command attention. Pitzer’s careful rendering invites close examination of everyday objects, transforming them into a study of texture, color, and light within a straightforward yet compelling visual presentation.
From the Artist:
I was working on our backyard here in Fresno, moving a bunch of rocks that had at least 40 years of dirt buildup in beds. I’d dig ’em up, pour ’em out on the steel grate of our chaise lounges and hose ’em off, pulling out the weeds, sticks, and leaves as I went through wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow for about 5 weeks straight.. About halfway through a dozen wheelbarrows, as I washed the dirt away, I started finding marbles. Not just one or two, but dozens. From the amount I found, I’d say some kid must have spilled his/her can on the rocks, and the marbles just disappeared into 4″ inches of rock, only to be buried with weed blower dirt over the next 40 years.
This jar is a combination of those marbles and a bunch of others I had stashed away in one of my garage boxes. I probably kept those to use with a slingshot.
This pop-realism drawing by Mike Pitzer presents a meticulously detailed glass jar filled with a collection of vibrant marbles. The transparent jar, topped with a golden-yellow lid marked "MEDIUM," is rendered with precision, capturing the interplay of light on its smooth surfaces. Each marble inside displays unique patterns and colors—swirls of blues, greens, reds, whites, and blacks—varying from solid tones to intricate, flowing lines. The composition isolates the jar against a plain background, allowing the vivid colors and reflective qualities of the marbles and glass to command attention. Pitzer’s careful rendering invites close examination of everyday objects, transforming them into a study of texture, color, and light within a straightforward yet compelling visual presentation.
From the Artist:
I was working on our backyard here in Fresno, moving a bunch of rocks that had at least 40 years of dirt buildup in beds. I’d dig ’em up, pour ’em out on the steel grate of our chaise lounges and hose ’em off, pulling out the weeds, sticks, and leaves as I went through wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow for about 5 weeks straight.. About halfway through a dozen wheelbarrows, as I washed the dirt away, I started finding marbles. Not just one or two, but dozens. From the amount I found, I’d say some kid must have spilled his/her can on the rocks, and the marbles just disappeared into 4″ inches of rock, only to be buried with weed blower dirt over the next 40 years.
This jar is a combination of those marbles and a bunch of others I had stashed away in one of my garage boxes. I probably kept those to use with a slingshot.
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