The motif
In the half-light of a nursery sits the most loyal of companions, smiling. In front of his belly, gold bars are stacked high – heavy, gleaming, already beginning to melt. Innocence, filled with the weight of the world.
The oversized teddy bear shows visible seams, its fur tousled. Between the bars in cadmium yellow lie bars in brilliant blue and quinacridone magenta; the paint runs over the stack, pools on the floor and drips in long streaks over the lower edge of the picture. All around, the room stays monochrome: the cot, the mobile with moon and stars, small teddies at the window, building blocks on the floor. The colour names come from the pigments with which David paints his originals.
