Pommegranates and Persimmons

27 Dec 2011

Here's another winter fruit still life. 12 x 16" The only reason for painting these is that I felt I was out of practice with round objects and the modeling of fruit in particular. I realized this while teaching painting at the Richmond Art Center and decided to create myself a "round object modeling" boot camp during the winter vacations. These paintings are always popular.

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