Spring Forth from My Table by Angie Porter

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Spring Forth from My Table, 2026

Angie Porter

Acrylic On Canvas

70 x 40 cm (27.56 x 15.75 in)

Inv: AP328

£950

Location: Front Room Studio

Once described as the "painter of joy and light," I strive to capture the warmth of a sun-drenched table. Here, a red curtain sets a dramatic stage for the humble bread and fruit. My style is exuberant, celebrating the vivid impressionism I fell in love with as a child.

Using recycled boards and canvases, my practice is a daily reminder that we possess enough within us. This painting is a reflection of my home in Dorset, a celebration of life in all its colourful glory.

I had been thinking of this wonderful poem about the importance of the table.

"Perhaps the World Ends Here"
By Joy Harjo

The world begins at a kitchen table.
No matter what, we must eat to live.
The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table.
So it has been since creation, and it will go on.
We chase dogs away from it.
Babies teethe at the corners.
They scrape their knees under it.
It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human.
We make men at it, we make women.
At this table we gossip, recall enemies and the ghosts of lovers.
Our dreams drink coffee with us as they put their arms around our children.
They laugh with us at our poor falling-down selves and as we put ourselves back together once again at the table.
This table has been a house in the rain, an umbrella in the sun.
Wars have begun and ended at this table.
It is a place to hide in the shadow of terror.
A place to celebrate the terrible victory.
We have given birth on this table, and have prepared our parents for burial here.
At this table we sing with joy, with sorrow.
We pray of suffering and remorse.
We give thanks.
Perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table, while we are laughing and crying, eating of the last sweet bite.

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