The original ‘heart’ photo was found by Stephano Barberis after I asked for a graphic to go with the Erasure4rum’s 30th Anniversary Anthology,Andy saw the art and asked for the original painting to be used for the Always the best of compilation,scrapping the original art idea.
The original Erasure4rum Anthology artwork,which in turn inspired the official Always-the best of Erasure album artwork.
Erasure4rum Anthology thread-
viewtopic.php?f=155&t=7
Here are a few other examples of Patricia’s ‘heart series’ of painting which she still continues to this day.
Here’s the original Patricia Anders painting with the final Erasure covers below.
Here is the link to the original page with the artwork designer-
https://creativepool.com/neelpanchal/pr ... or-erasure
One of the proudest moments in the history of the Erasure4rum was getting a credit in the album booklet alongside Stephano for ‘inspiring’ the end artwork.
If you want copies of the original ‘Heartworks’ you can from Patricia’s official Etsy page-
Single disc album cover-
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/2541580 ... _organic=1
Deluxe Edition Triple disc album cover-
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/2539894 ... ch_click=1
Sometimes 2015 cover-
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/2540548 ... _organic=1
