I painted a rotten banana as part of my horror movie still life series — Midsommar felt like the only right choice
I’m an oil painter working on a series called Last Supper — small paintings of single food objects from horror movies and murder films. Each one is chosen because it carries the whole story of the film in one object.
For Midsommar I painted a rotten banana.
Something that was once bright yellow and sweet — now completely black. Still shaped like what it was. Still recognizable. But everything good rotted out of it.
That felt exactly right for this film. The shape of something beautiful with nothing left inside. Dani’s relationship. The commune’s promise of belonging. The whole sun-drenched gorgeous surface of it.
I came to painting after years as a labor and delivery nurse — I needed somewhere to put the weight of things. Midsommar is one of those films that gave me a lot to carry.
This is painting 1 of 10 in the Last Supper series. Happy to answer any questions about the painting or the film — this one I could talk about forever.
