In depicting the flooding yellow sunrise in this painting, Lisa furthers her exploration of light and feeling:

“They say, ‘paint what you know’ and me and this kitchen sink go way back! […] The way the light came in a couple of weeks ago had to be captured. It turned my pale grey kitchen & white sink into fifty shades of blue & purple”.

At the time of painting, Lisa’s husband and sons were outside whilst Lisa was inside. Her artistic solitude inverts the idiom, “on the outside, looking in”, which has become a universal experience during the numerous lockdowns in the United Kingdom to fight COVID-19. Being an ‘insider’, rather than an ‘outsider’ enjoying the lovely sunshine, has caused the resultant ‘blues’.

However, this painting is also a fixed a moment in time for us to reflect and appreciate the beauty of something as domestic and mundane as the kitchen sink. Objects, including a frying pan and plate, serve as a reminder that the kitchen is also a creative, culinary space As Lisa asserts, it important to observe and appreciate the little things:

“Beauty is all around us, isn’t it, if we have the luxury of time to look!”