Lizzie Gill explores themes of domesticity through elegant tablescapes which feature a menagerie of porcelain animals and antique ceramic wares. For Gill, these conversation pieces are the anchor point for a larger discourse about the continuity of history, generational knowledge, and allegorical symbolisms. Formally, Gill’s paintings are textured—using cake piping techniques to render the surface—exuberant and densely packed with symbolism.