"The normal convention for still life paintings is to show the items of value as you would come across them in the house. That won’t be regularly arranged across a white ground, but Lisa Milroy has established that as an alternative mode using such items as shoes, fruit and ceramic pots. The effect is to animate items in their own space. Simon Taylor gives that a humorous and absurd tweak by choosing cheaply cheerful Wotsits as his subject."

Paul Carey-Kent