Details
The image
Fruit shapes drawn large and covered in dots, each one set against a ground of a single colour that pushes the object forward. The outlines are firm and the pattern follows the curve of the form, so the fruit looks wrapped rather than decorated.
Where it comes from
The appeal of this work has always been that it takes something ordinary and makes it insistent: a fruit, a pumpkin, a flower, repeated and patterned until it becomes an emblem. That is a graphic strategy as much as a painterly one, and it explains why the images have travelled so easily into posters, packaging and fashion. The pattern is not applied to the object; it is the object, drawn the only way this hand draws.
On the wall
It suits a kitchen, a dining corner or a child’s room, where a bold shape and a clear colour make sense. Because the composition is simple and the palette limited, it holds a small wall as well as a large one. In a group it should be the piece that supplies the colour.
In company
The Colorful collection keeps to a narrow range, which is what makes it work as a set.Avoid hanging it beside a second oversized object, where two exaggerations would cancel each other out.
