Orange, Black and White
The rough look of this piece is one of the most important aspects of his earlier works, something which disappeared later in his career as he became more exacting with his lines. His later style shows the shapes are more defined and clean cut, but this piece demonstrates a more sketchy sense of the objects. This work therefore shows the development of Scott’s still life studies, where he studies the importance of the basic forms of the items. The arrangement of these forms, however, is very careful, which shows his consideration in terms of accurate composition, the spacing of which is pleasing to the eye. Pots and pans, which have been a consistent theme within his work, are later expressed as very basic forms, which are made more recognisable by developmental works such as this. He has taken a lifetime study of still life and translated it into his own unique and distinctive style. The colour range of this piece are indicative of what he was creating at the time, with orange and blue functioning as the dominant colours of his work. He usually uses black initially as an outline or contour, and then as an integral part of the composition.
1960
Oil on canvas
Where you'll find this
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Permanent collection