Fridge Still Life - Bernadett Timko , 2024

Hungarian , b. 1992 -

Melon - Zoey Frank , 2016.

American, b. 1987 -

Ad for bathroom tileworks, 1989

"You went outside," Caitlyn says. "How was it?" How was it? How was the earth beneath her feet, the sky stretching out above her as far as she can see, the birds already out and about? The grass soft and wet, the flowers asleep but fragrant? The early morning sun still hidden behind the trees, a stray ray peeking out from between the leaves? "Nice," Vi says. "It's cool out." Caitlyn's eye lingers on her today as it always does. She steps closer, the face towel tossed aside. For a moment Vi thinks Caitlyn might kiss her, but a thumb darts out instead to the corner of her mouth, brushing away a stray crumb she must have missed.