Cliche Life - Boot Scootin' Baby - 60x60cm Square (#266831v1)

A miniature red cowboy boot takes centre stage in Boot Scootin’ Baby, standing boldly in front of a translucent red jelly baby. Yellow stars, glossy surfaces and saturated colour transform the tiny objects into an exuberant still-life tableau, while the shallow depth of field dissolves the surrounding forms into flashes of black, white and electric pink.

Part of Raymond Mather’s Cliché Life collection, the photograph plays with the familiar phrase “boot scootin’ baby”, turning language into a literal visual construction. Scale, humour and recognition collide as commonplace novelty objects are rearranged into an image that feels simultaneously playful and strangely theatrical.

The tightly focused composition isolates the boot and jelly baby from the larger gathering seen elsewhere in the series. What begins as a collection of inexpensive objects becomes a miniature character study, continuing Cliché Life’s exploration of visual puns, popular language, nostalgia and the transformation of everyday objects through photography.

Printed on museum-grade archival cotton rag paper using archival pigment inks. Each work is individually signed and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Production and Provenance

Original image captured: 2026, Sydney NSW
Limited edition of 50
Produced and fulfilled in Australia