In Bananas, Adrian Newman reduces the still life to a single familiar object arranged against a dark background. The curved forms and warm yellow tones are painted with confident, economical brushwork that keeps the image fresh and immediate. Rather than polished realism, the work focuses on light, rhythm, and surface. Small marks, colour shifts, and visible strokes preserve the feeling of a quick studio study painted from life. The contrast between the bright fruit and the deep surrounding shadows gives the composition a quiet theatricality while maintaining the modest and domestic character typical of Newman’s small-scale works. A contemporary still life for collectors of intimate interiors and painterly everyday subjects.
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Original Artwork
Oil on canvas
20 × 30 cm
2026
Signed by the artist
Certificate of Authenticity included
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