A Japanese artist has taken a decided that canvas is far too run of the mill for him - and literally gone bananas.
Daisuke Skagami uses a needle to puncture small holes in the banana's skin which in turn leads to chemical compounds in the fruit oxidising leading to a change in colour.
Skagami's banana artworks include Sir Richard Branson, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Mona Lisa.
"I was bored of looking at the usual stuff," said the 40-year-old. "I felt that it would be interesting to do this if I involved some animation and design on bananas."
The artist, who makes his works under the name End Cape, says each piece takes anything from between one and five hours from start to finish.
A lyricist and subculture artist by profession, Skagami maintains that creating banana artwork is just a hobby.
The Tokyo-based artist tried his hand on many other fruits with varying degrees of success, before eventually settling on a soggy banana.
But despite so much effort, Skagami regrets not being able to save his works for posterity.
"Each banana lasts up to two days only. I can’t save what I draw on them," Skagami said.
"But I am trying out ways and means to preserve the bananas. I hope there is a way to keep them fresh for a long period of time."
At present the artist has a novel way of disposing of his works once they begin to wilt - consuming them.
"I eat most of these bananas. I offer them to my friends if they are around. It is useless to keep them and watch them go stale," he added.
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