Dickson Schneider teaches art at California State University East Bay.  He varies his artistic output between a wide range of paintings and digital video.

The giant still lifes are all about the delicious-ness of the serving 
utensils, among other things.  the still life embodies a kind of  materialism
closely associated with the pleasures of the kitchen.  It's why I collect odd
pieces of china and silverware (i'm not the only one).  these objects, cups,
bowls, etc.,  give us a safe and orderly position in  the world.  The giantness of
these paintings (they seem bigger than they actually are) turns up the
volume on the experience described above.