This one took a while to get right. I really wanted the light to reflect off the grease without washing out the whole picture. Plus it took some maneuvering to get perfect composition with so many different figures drawing the eye at once. Notice how the slaw in in the upper right hand corner balances with the similarly round hushpuppies in the bottom left. They are bisected by dominant two chicken tenders as the fried shrimp in the bottom right attempt to pull the fries down along the tenders. Then there's the white Styrofoam backdrop, a Purgatory of sorts, lending a real sense of isolation to the whole piece. What results is a perfect, strange blend of calm and chaos. Not to brag, but this is one of my better works.
