'Milk Plus'

oil on canvas 50x66.6cm framed
by Cameron Morton
 
This still life draws its atmosphere from 'A Clockwork Orange', reimagining its unsettling themes through traditional objects. A clock sits to the left with its hands fixed at 4:44; a symbolic hour tied to the idea of the world’s end. Beside it stands a prominent bottle of milk, echoing its iconic role in the film and the broader cinematic trope of milk as a marker of cold, psychopathic detachment. Three oranges sit in the composition: their interiors a surprising pink, hinting at something unnatural beneath the surface. One orange is violently smashed, a quiet but potent symbol of the film’s brutality.