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Fruit

Before low carb/no carb dieting took over, fruit was an obvious choice for health/weight conscious eaters. Not only is it refreshing and tasty, but also (usually) pleasing to the eye. Its colors, forms, dimensions, and symbolism have preoccupied still-life painters for generations. My paintings involving fruit are not still-lives in the traditional sense. I focus less on composition and juxtaposition than on the magnification and exaggeration of shapes and colors. Dimensions don't seem to matter, rather being in touch with what I'm painting and feeling.

(Please Note: The yellow copyright signature on the paintings is superimposed and doesn't exist on the originals. Also, the original artwork's colors are a little different from in the gallery scans: vibrancy, crispness, or tone might have been lost. Images are displayed in the order they were created.)

01.  Apple Traffic Light:  24 X 36, oil on canvas, March 2003		02.  Cherries with Heart:  48 X 36, acrylic on canvas, July 2003		03.  Fruit Bowl:  30 X 24, oil on canvas, October 2003
04.  Strawberries:  28 X 22, oil on canvas, March 200		05.  Watermelon (pair):  20 X 16, oil on canvas, April 2004		06.  Fruit Salad with Blueberries:  10 X 10, oil on canvas, June 2004
07.  Falling Strawberries:  10 X 8, oil on board, June 2004.		08.  Fruit Salad with Bananas, 15 X 30, oil on canvas, June 2004		09. Sparkling Cherries:  30 X 15, oil on canvas, July 2004
10.  Fruit Salad with Figs, 15 X 30, oil on canvas, July 2004		11.  Red Hot Lemons: 12 X 12, September 2004		12. XOXO one, 24 X 24, oil on canvas, January 2005
13. XOX0 two, 16 X 16, oil on canvas, January 2005		14. Very Berry, 10 X 10, oil on canvas, January 2005