Sardines Tin Can by Baroo Bloom Botanicals The portrait format frames the

The portrait format frames the subject with confidence

The overall mood is one of stillness: contemplative

each mark deliberate and informative

creating a sense of depth that is entirely painterly — no hard lines

Sardines Tin Can by Baroo Bloom Botanicals The portrait format frames theSardines Tin Can turns a humble kitchen object into a compact celebration the open tin, the layered fish, the graphic label all rendered with the bright, generous colour sense that defines Baroo Bloom's work. The composition is direct and joyful, with a flat graphic quality that keeps the image from tipping into sentimentality. Bloom's Vienna via Prague and Spain sensibility brings warmth and a slightly playful formality to a subject that could easily