Aperitivo

An Aperol spritz, Sicilian lemons, and Neapolitan pizza come together in a celebration of the Italian ritual of aperitivo. Painted across three fragments of historic stoneware, Aperitivo captures the simple pleasure of gathering over food and drink and the way an ordinary meal can become inseparable from the memory of a place.

Year: 2026
Medium: Oil on three historic pottery fragments
Pottery: Albany-slipped stoneware, primarily c. 1880–1920
Locality: Eastern Shore, Mobile Bay, Ala.
Framed dimensions: 12.5 x 15.5 in.
Original artwork: One of a kind