Kitchen wall art often signals the room's purpose: fruit, recipes, coffee, wine. I wanted to draw something less obvious—a kitchen as a place where life is already underway. Evening in the Kitchen—a vintage-inspired Danish interior illustration in colored pencil. In Evening in the Kitchen, a woman stands at the counter while a book lies open on the table. A kettle, an oil lamp, and a few familiar objects establish the room without turning it into a still life. The scene is im