01. Early Years
All You Can Eat
© Karl A. Foster 1990, Acrylic, Watercolour, Ink, Collage and Sketchbook cover. Book jacket design for Secker and Warburg.
This is one of my favourite images because the way it developed was very organic and instinctive. It comes from the days when I produced work for the love of making a piece of artwork. The feedback from the art director was enthusiastic but the image was not published. The art director Angus Hyland re-used the image from the Hardback version of the book. Many people have asked me if I was inspired by the work of Jasper Johns. I can honestly say no. I had never seen Johns work with American flags. I have now but I think I was after something that Johns never had to consider. I was trying to solve a problem for an illustration commission nothing more.