Unpeeling Mandarin. Giclee fine art print.
I wanted to explore the vivid colour of this fruit but found that too many artists had used mandarins in still life paintings, partially peeled with the peel draping down. So I decided to turn the idea on its head. I removed half of the peel and used a skewer through it and the mandarin to hold it above. The result is a quirky image, as if the mandarin has had a big surprise.
I really enjoyed this one, working with the contrast between the waxy outer surface and the soft pithy interior.
October 2021.
Original artwork oil on MDF panel, 42cm x 30cm / 11.7" x 16.5"
I wanted to explore the vivid colour of this fruit but found that too many artists had used mandarins in still life paintings, partially peeled with the peel draping down. So I decided to turn the idea on its head. I removed half of the peel and used a skewer through it and the mandarin to hold it above. The result is a quirky image, as if the mandarin has had a big surprise.
I really enjoyed this one, working with the contrast between the waxy outer surface and the soft pithy interior.
October 2021.
Original artwork oil on MDF panel, 42cm x 30cm / 11.7" x 16.5"
I wanted to explore the vivid colour of this fruit but found that too many artists had used mandarins in still life paintings, partially peeled with the peel draping down. So I decided to turn the idea on its head. I removed half of the peel and used a skewer through it and the mandarin to hold it above. The result is a quirky image, as if the mandarin has had a big surprise.
I really enjoyed this one, working with the contrast between the waxy outer surface and the soft pithy interior.
October 2021.
Original artwork oil on MDF panel, 42cm x 30cm / 11.7" x 16.5"
Prints are scaled to various standard US frame sizes, e.g. 10x8, 14x11, 20x16, 28x20, and 36x24 (all inches). Square print sizes are 12x12, 16x16, 20x20, 24x24, 28x28, 32x32, and 36x36 (all inches). The print itself is smaller than this to include a border of 1 to 2 inches depending on the print size. When the original is an odd proportion, we fill the frame with the image until the first border is touched. In other words, you might have wider vertical or horizontal borders. When the horizontal borders are wider, we might move the image up a little so that the lower one is wider than the upper, this is a popular setting.
All of my prints are professionally rendered to archival standards on 310gm, 100% cotton paper from Germany, with a gently textured surface. This paper is free of optical brightening agents (OBAs). They are printed in the latest generation Epson Ultrachrome archival pigment inks. This is the ink-set that started the pigment print revolution and twenty years on continues to be the leader in terms of lightfastness, colour gamut and D-max. I inspect each print personally to ensure print quality. Each print is titled, signed and dated by me, and will be packed in glassine paper and cardboard tubing for sizes 36x24 to 20x16, or glassine with cardboard protection for the smaller sizes 14x11 and 10x8.