Violet in the Kitchen (1995) by Hector McDonnell (b1947) encapsulates the way in which so much domestic and family life happens in the kitchen now that it is often no longer separate from the rest of the household. In the past, family portraits would not have been set in a kitchen, but now that it is where  homework, crafts, eating, reading, playing, and ever-changing tablescapes all take place, it has become a natural backdrop.