THIS has been a fun piece, and was prompted by the enthusiasm that's followed "soap". I was drawn to the bright, happy color of Jell-O, and of course loved the light coming through the cubes which created all sorts of shapes and textures throughout the various layers. I also enjoyed the glowing shadow and reflection cast on the tiles in the foreground. The original reference image was my first time using my new 4"x5" view-camera, with which I was able to really manipulate the plane of focus and the distortion (notice the tiles do not recede in a straight line).  I am really grasping the concept of diving into the middle of the subject and making it larger than life (this piece measures 18" wide by 48" TALL!)

   Considering my occasional pattern of painting objects "on top" of the canvas, I originally added a few spoons to this one (see below), but my first test audience (my own instincts and my children) all concurred that this one was better left as just the primary subject, so I re-painted over them.