What does the clutter on your coffee table say about you? These paintings have some ideas
Posted: Feb 16, 2021 10:30 AM ET | Last Updated: February 16 Sunday Morning, 2019. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 48" x 60".(Nicholas Zirk) For the past three or four years, Nicholas Zirk has been painting portraits. His scenes — almost always domestic and reliably set at a table — are littered with empty beer cans, chicken bones and spent cigarettes. You'll see teacups, doilies and magazines; there are submarine sandwiches, houseplants and dirty dishes. But, in Zirk's portraits, you won't really find any people. The Toronto-based artist is a believer in the idea that you can tell a lot about...