The wall at the foot of your bed. Or the one behind the chair where you actually read, with the lamp on. Somewhere nobody has to walk in and have an opinion about it.
A woman in profile. Behind her, the Coney Island wheel, painted as one flat shape, no girders, no crowd, no sky full of detail. The light comes from behind her, so the wheel burns out to a rim of glare and her face stays in shadow.
The thing that flips once you see it
The wheel is not behind her. It is around her. Naomi put the flare right where her head is, so the steel blooms tangerine and the whole ride turns into a halo she is not even looking at. Once you notice it you cannot unnotice it. The famous thing became hers.
Her hair goes up into loose brushed blooms, magenta, cobalt, gold, and the colour grows out of her rather than sitting around the edge. The face stays turned away. I keep the face out of reach. The body says enough. Charlotte, one of our critics, gave it 8.67 and put it this way: “The vibrant blooms against a warm backdrop make this piece stand out confidently.”
On your wall, out of the box
It is a high quality print of a digital artwork on matte poly-cotton canvas, stretched over solid wood an inch and a quarter deep. The image wraps the edges, so there is no white border and nothing to buy afterwards. It arrives ready to hang. One nail, two minutes, no framer, no glass, no surprise bill. Matte, so a lamp or a window opposite gives you back the tangerine instead of a reflection.
Most people take the 18×24 (46 x 61 cm), already selected. The 12×16 (30 x 41 cm) suits a narrow strip of wall beside a door. The 24×32 (45.7 x 61 cm) holds its own above a bed. $149 for the middle size, and the price on the work is the price. Made to order, up to ten business days, free shipping in the continental US. A quick rule while you are deciding: hang the middle of the picture about 58 inches off the floor, eye level standing, not sitting.
One honest thing
It is loud. Tangerine, magenta, cobalt, all of it turned up. In a room of soft greys it will argue for a week. And if you want a portrait that looks back at you, this one never will, on purpose.
If that suits you, take it home. If you are still thinking, go see the rest of Naomi’s blooms, or follow her and you will see the next one before it lands.
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