Jason Line’s paintings predominately feature still lifes – collections of objects arranged on shelves and window sills; wooden chairs placed just so. These objects are not randomly positioned but carefully, even meticulously arranged, the spaces between them just as important as the pieces themselves. The dialogue between each shape, the silent conversations they share, is of utmost importance. ‘The chair with its back, seat, arms, legs and feet resembles possibly the nearest inanimate object to a human being and can exude a powerful presence in the right light as well providing a wealth of pictorial possibilities.’ Furniture – chairs and tables, are placed by the artist like props for a play. They are set at precise angles, in conference with each other, working in pairs, and passing secrets between them. They are the inanimate characters in these paintings, following an unseen script. What’s not said is almost as important as what’s said in this work. It is the gaps between objects, in spaces, that matter here. Empty chairs and empty rooms are left blank for our own interpretation.