This painting makes a splendid and richly colourful statement.  The fruit glow against the dark background where it is possible to see the tracery of a 20^th century iron screen.  The scale of the piece means all the subject matter is larger than life  This contributes to the need for a space that it can illuminate –  a large wall – which it does magnificently.  The frame is another of the bespoke range that I had made in Florence by the skillful couple who run their workshop producing elegance, as you see here as well as some more unusual and colourful frames.