Kitchen Still-life in Sunlight, 1975

Acrylic and oils on canvas, 59x66cm
To Cyril Mann subject matter – in literature as well as in art – was unimportant: “It’s not what you paint, but the way you do it that matters,” he insisted. In this still life, the dazzling light effect transforms the kitchen objects, including an aluminium saucepan, tomatoes, a green jug and a yellow sieve with lettuce leaves.