New commission for a lovely family.

Jenna & Brian were interested in some of my other fruit paintings, but they had a fun challenge for me…. how about a painting with only red fruit?

So how do you create a piece that has the intensity of red, but give it variety and a place for your eye to have a break from the strong color? My thought was that confining the red to 1/3 of the canvas left lots of room for your eye to wander and then return for a second look. Then, adding lots of different fruits in the red family gave it variety. Many different reds with unique details. In person the piece stands out because of the unity and the red is kind of comforting. Bit of a surprising result for me.

Anyway, I want to thank Jenna & Brian for engaging me to do a new painting for their growing art collection. It was an honor and a very fun challenge!!!