Ricky Swallow’s “Model for a Sunken Monument" depicts pop-culture figure Darth Vader from the movie series Star Wars melting into a black puddle. The Star Wars films were immensely popular during the late 70’s and early 80’s to Ricky Swallows’ generation. It is no surprise that a movie that had such an impact on Ricky Swallows and his generation would be envisaged into the still life artwork shown above.

Bowl of fruit and a bottle depicts the typical “Café Parisian Life” using his signature style of “Synthetic cubism”. The French café was where Picasso spent a lot of his time conversing with other artists. The violin is displayed in the centre of the work whilst the bottle is shown at the top and the fruit throughout. The Café was a place