Fruit

Fruit is one of the first paintings I did after learning to indulge in abstract work. I wanted to do a representational piece for a friend to hang in his 'prosperity' corner as feng shui suggests that fruit or images of fruit in this area influence abundance in positive ways.

I used techniques I'd developed in my recent abstract work as well as borrowing from resist techniques I'd learned while studying batik in my early years. The result is this highly textured and luminescent still life that captures the warm vibrancy of summer fruit nestled in cool shadows.