Feeling Blue (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Peter Slade

“A cool, pared-back portrait of a Sony Walkman rendered with crisp precision, Feeling Blue plays on both colour and mood. The pale casing and softly tinted cassette window evoke a calm, almost clinical nostalgia, while the handwritten label hints at something more personal—music as a quiet companion to melancholy. Balancing retro charm with emotional understatement, the painting hums with the familiar intimacy of a song heard alone.”

I remember, in the early 1980s being blown away by the sound coming through those flimsy headphones, while being able to walk down the street at the same time!!

The sides of the deep edge canvas are painted the same as the background, so it’s ready to hang, but would also look great in a floating frame…

Materials used:

acrylic

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 80 x 100 x 3.5cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Still life