Holly Farrell is a self-taught painter who first picked up a palette and brush at the age of 28 (she is now in her late-40s). Her first works were paintings of retro kitchen cupboard objects — drinking glasses, juice pitchers, candy dishes — or objects like simple wooden chairs and rain boots. Rendered with enough painterly flourishes so they weren’t completely photorealist, these paintings were charming and pretty accomplished from a technical perspective, but it felt like the most one could say about them was that they were very nicely done.