My brother was in Japan a few years back. He brought back a beautiful porcelain tea set for my wife and I; this is the teapot from the set. For this painting, I wanted to get away from what I've typically been creating for this project. This Japanese teapot offered me chance to paint something purely for the sake of beauty. What I love about beauty is that we don't need it for our physical survival. It's whole purpose is to bring pleasure and lift up our spirits. It makes us happy, sometimes deeply happy. And this is a good thing.
