Artwork by Kendra Hitchcock

Artist: Kendra Hitchcock

Titles: 

Everyday Relics: Lilies (0430)

Everyday Relics: Cup of Tea (0431)

Everyday Relics: Deer Skull (0432)

Everyday Relics: Basket and Roses (0433)

Everyday Relics: Bouquet and Sea Shell (0434)

Everyday Relics: Roses and Chalice (0435)

Everyday Relics: Statue and Pomegranate (0436)

Everyday Relics: Lilies and Pomegranate (0437)

Medium: Oil

Dimensions: 3 ½ x 2 inches

Price: $80

Artist Statement: Everyday Relics Series

This series of eight miniature still life paintings explores themes of memory, ritual, and reverence through a restrained palette of pink, brown, and grey. Each piece—no larger than a business card—is rendered in oil on wood, with hand-applied gold leaf gilding the back and sides, elevating these intimate works into quiet icons. Subjects include pomegranates, lilies, a deer skull, pink roses, a teacup and saucer, a basket, and a conch shell—each chosen for its symbolic resonance and its capacity to hold emotional weight in the smallest of spaces. These objects echo vanitas traditions, yet are softened through a romantic, almost devotional lens.

These paintings invite close observation and personal contemplation, blurring the line between precious object and painterly offering. Together, they form a cohesive collection—relics of stillness and sentiment, meant to be held, treasured, and remembered.

Artist Bio: Kendra Hitchcock is a Utah-based oil painter, born in Seattle, WA. Her interest in the arts began early and continued with focused study into adulthood. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Utah Valley University, along with additional coursework in Art History, a Digital Media Minor, and a successful career as an engineer, she has devoted herself to painting full-time. Her work is held in private and corporate collections around the world.