Cliche Life - Tie A Yellow Ribbon - 90x60cm Horizontal (#267070v1)

A solitary red figure stands behind a vivid yellow ribbon tied into a bow in Tie A Yellow Ribbon - 267070v1.

Photographed at close range, the tiny confectionery figure is transformed through scale and its relationship with the sweeping satin ribbon. The intense red of the figure contrasts with the luminous yellow bow, while loops of ribbon extend across the white surface and create a landscape of curves, folds and reflected colour.

The familiar yellow ribbon becomes both object and symbol, with the isolated figure suggesting waiting, remembrance and return. The simplicity of the arrangement allows the visual reference to the familiar expression to emerge through colour and association.

Part of Raymond Mather's ongoing Cliché Life series, Tie A Yellow Ribbon uses humour, familiar objects and photographic transformation to turn an everyday expression into a constructed visual world.

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