This is a painting of my interpretation of my experience eating out at French, specifically the desert, a pear, swimming in red sauce.

If you watch the time-lapse you’ll see I went through a phase with this painting to create visible texture and cow-hide print. I decided to steer away from that since they didn’t reflect the pear I ate. I painted the stalk as a tap dropping raspberries to fall into the sauce since it all flowed so well in terms of flavour. However I then painted the tiny pears dripping down a leaf which can also be interpreted upside-down and painted aspects of the painting taped to the wall behind yet not having the shadows match. I chose to throw in these confusing representations as I felt heaps uneasy when ordering the food all night in general. It seemed as if they were saying “yes” to my dietary requirements but not going to follow through, so I felt uneasy the entire meal wondering if I’d been poisoned. I included the tape because from the chefs point of view it probably felt like a Frankenstein version of the original meal.

This artwork is one of my hand-stretched ones, sold with hooks ready to hang and a certificate of authenticity.