A striking still life by Patrick Caulfield, 'Vases of Flowers' features bold outlines and flat colours, typical of his Pop Art style. The simplified forms and graphic quality create a cool, detached aesthetic.

Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005) was a British artist associated with the Pop Art movement, known for his bold, graphic style and use of flat colour planes. Caulfield's work often incorporates everyday objects and scenes, rendered with a distinctive sense of detachment and irony. He frequently combined elements of realism with abstraction, creating compositions that are both familiar and unsettling. 'Vases of Flowers' exemplifies Caulfield's signature style. Two vases, each holding a bouquet of flowers, are depicted against a flat, turquoise background. The flowers are rendered in simplified forms, with blocks of red, yellow, and grey defining their shapes. The vases themselves are outlined in black, adding to the graphic quality of the piece. A black line drawing surrounds the vases, creating a frame within a frame, further flattening the composition and emphasising the artificiality of the scene. The painting's clean lines and limited colour palette contribute to its cool, detached aesthetic, characteristic of Caulfield's approach to Pop Art.