PAINTING 6 - Pineapple Madness

Well, obviously.

We had a banana.

It was only a matter of time before we went full-tropical.

Painting No. 6 is a pineapple who has absolutely no intention of blending quietly into the fruit bowl.

She is pink.

She is fabulous.

She is wearing approximately 47 different colours.

And she looks like she has somewhere considerably more interesting to be after this.

I wanted this one to feel gloriously excessive. Hot pink, orange, turquoise, mustard, green and big fat blobs of white paint because apparently subtlety has left the building on the 100 Paintings Challenge and I don't think she's coming back.

And I am completely fine with that.

There is something inherently ridiculous about a pineapple anyway.

It's a fruit wearing a crown.

It has armour.

It's incredibly sweet on the inside.

And it looks like someone designed it after three margaritas.

Iconic.

Maybe that's why I like her.

She doesn't need to be tasteful.

She doesn't need to coordinate with the sofa.

She doesn't need to make herself smaller, quieter or slightly more beige so everyone feels comfortable.

She's a fucking pineapple on a violently pink background.

And she is THRIVING.

Painting No. 6 feels like a tiny celebration of making things simply because they're joyful.

Because somewhere along the way, my art got very serious.

And sometimes I think we need something hanging on our wall that just makes us grin when we walk past it.

This is that pineapple.

Original acrylic painting on rough-edged paper. Roughly 8.5 x 12
One of one
Painting 6 of 100

Banana is presumably thrilled to have another fruit here.

Chicken remains confused. Chicken - to be fair - will always remain confused.

The garlic has requested not to be categorized with either of them.