I love this and i don't even know why. I think it's utter simplicity , somehow speaks of an honesty ,rarely found.
its;s warm harmonious color scheme is easy on the mind.
your paintings are a joyous gift.
Julian,are they really raspberry?In French,the translation of raspberry is "framboise" which doesn't belong to the grape category and is red and very characteristic.Here it looks like a variety of sweet white grape(table grape).But right or wrong title,your painting is pictorially very...Tasty!
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alain, i bought them in the marchés de provence and they were indeed called raisin framboise, raspberry grapes. Le 'Noah'. Here is some interesting discussion on how they can drive you mad...!
grace, actually they do kind of taste like raspberries, or maybe more like strawberries, but the flavour is quite exquisite! i'd not seen them before this year.
This painting has a very interesting perspective that draws the viewers' eye to the grapes. I've yet to figure out the shadow. Thanks, Ruth, for the information on the grapes. I wonder if they are genetically altered. They do sound and look tasty.
Barbara,
the complexity of this painting lies in this shadow, which is painted vertically and not in oblique brushstrokes towards the upper left corner.I think that it gives balance and in an architectural way, a visual coherence to the painting:shadow,grapes and stalk go in the same direction at the top of the canvas.
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