I am still working on the commission for six large canvasses on the subject of sunflowers, but you can have too much of a good thing. So, when someone sent me the picture of a label from an Italian tin of anchovies and suggested I could create a lively painting based on it, I just had to take up the challenge! However, not having the actual object in front of me meant I had to do a bit of research to see how the the entire tin looked in order to plan my composition. One of the interesting things that I discovered, was that the photo of the label had been reversed somewhere along the line, as the colours on the flag at the end of the tin were the wrong way round! So I addressed this and used the Italian flag as a back drop and deliberately distorted the perspective to give it sense of humour. Anchovies being rather small. I loaded it all with plenty of colour and hope the little tinkers look enticingly spicy in their tin with oil dripping over the sides. Isn’t it a pity that all these sort of tins now have ring pulls and not keys. I think using a key was easier and less messy. These chaps have a habit of resisting, then suddenly ripping loose squirting any liquid all over the place. Bring back keys on tins of food!