David Leapman’s paintings of the early 1990s used masking tape and paint rollers to make his textured grounds containing vertical bands of dayglo colour. A linear image (or motif) using interference pigments was then applied to this textured surface. These paintings were bought by Charles Saatchi during the early 1990s and are included in the publication Shark Infested Waters: The Saatchi collects ion of British Art in the 90s (2003).

After winning the John Moores Painting Prize in 1995, Leapman employed masking tape and rollers to make both the image and ground. The singular image Leapman believes intensifies the painting. The artist intended the image to represent self containment and wholeness. The Island Inclusion motif mixes the organic with the architectural and is an amalgamation of such Leapman's forms known as 'Existence Harness' and 'Box Man'.