Daily Painting

Daily painting: Pear

Pear

20cm x 18cm (8"x7"), oil on Masonite

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Wednesday, 15 December 2010 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

9 comments

Pam

I love the pear's pose and the unusual background for it. The subtle blue-gray sets off the red-orange pear so well. Very nice!

Don Gray

It occurs to me, Julian, that what we're seeing in these beautiful paintings of fruits and vegetables are the "executioner's portraits"--a last look at their delicate beauty, before they are juiced, strained, peeled or otherwise prepared to be gobbled.

Well I don't blame you--this pear looks luscious. Wonderful light.

Alain

Wonderful,Julian!
Wonderful Julian!
The "skyline",behind the pear is by itself,worthy of a whole chapter of a book because,in a way,that tells the history of modern art.

louise

What beautiful beautiful colours Julian. Pleeeeease make a print of this, I can't go to the auction :-(

Painter’s notes

Ruth, always on the lookout for interesting things for me to paint, bought this pear a week ago. This morning it nearly ended up in the morning's breakfast juiced—tomorrow it will.

Julian Merrow-Smith ·