But they also see the work as a continuation of the tradition that was started by the Dutch Masters.“They tried very hard to create something that feels so tangible that you could almost touch it. Hopefully we’ve continued with something that they worked hard to start,” says Nicky. The Carters hope the work will trigger art enthusiasts to think about how the genre of still life is always changing, and how it is to some extent defined by the audience rather than the artist. “A tulip bulb, in the early 17th century, was a status symbol, for example," says Nicky. "People would exchange vast amounts of money for one bulb, so we can’t view the subject matter in the same way that they did. The still life genre has been reinvented so many times in the past 400 years.”