FOUR SHADES OF BLUE BAJTAR
LAWRENCE PAVIA
Medium: Plaster cast and acrylic on recycled wood panel
Size: 60x20x7cm
Year: 2023
Artwork Description: This work is one in the series giving homage to the prickly pear which I have been exploring over the last decade or so. It is intended to give reverence and tribute to the humble prickly pear which although not truly endemic to the Maltese islands, have taken root everywhere over the many centuries and we can now say it is part of our rural environment and heritage. So much so that we tend to simply ignore the prickly pear trees completely - leaving them unobserved, uncared for and without any regard for this robust tree and its delicious fruit. In an effort to get them noticed, I present the modest and unpretentious prickly pear in an unnatural colour, in the hope that it will be given its deserved attention