A different approach to my oil painting, this work is done on primed mdf board. (What does mdf stand for – I have no idea, but it is a smooth surfaced composite board.) A friend gave me a recipe for a base coat to use instead of gesso – this is a mix of whiting (no idea exactly what that is either, but it is an inexpensive white powder bought from hardware stores, I think you can whiten your tennis shoes with it) and neutral toned acrylic paint. A few coats of this, well sanded between applications gives a lovely working surface, not as intrusive as working on white gesso. The original inspiration for the image came from a tiny scrap from a gardening magazine, which has taken on its own life. So, another don’t know, this time what the fruit may be, but I don’t think it really matters. It is 30 x 30 cm.
There is a glow to this painting that is very attractive.
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Thank you very much Mrs Daffodil!
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amazing and well presented, greetings peace be with you 🙂
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Thank you, and peace be with you too!
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That smooth surface and the fruit motif combine to make an image which is SEDUCTIVE. Beautiful colours too.
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Thank you Julie! The colours are a bit different for me, although using my usual palette of seven colours. I think the warm neutral of the base colour definitely influenced the result, taking the colours into a softer, more tertiary area. Fruit can be seductive can’t it?!
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Beautiful painting & love the luscious shadows!
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Thank you so much Steven!
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I like that Anna, nice work. MM 🍀
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Thanks MM, I enjoyed making it.
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These look great, they really are glowing. Please tell me these will be another set, I loved the flowers you did. Karen.
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I think there might be Karen – I have several more pieces of the board, and I enjoyed doing this one! Thanks so much for commenting!
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It’s so beautiful and glowy : )
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Thank you Monica – glowy is a lovely word!
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It doesn’t matter at all what kind of fruit this is, it’s universal fruit, if you will. I’m drawn in by the subtle color and shadow, the glow of light. Beautiful!
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You understand just what I was trying to achieve Elena, thank you so much.
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How fascinating I had my comment in my mind as i scrolled down here Anna and it kind of fits in with Julies comment above *seductive … I was immediately thrown into thinking of Christina Rossetti’s poem Goblin Market of which I’m sure you will be familiar .
And you are so right, it really matters not a jot what the fruit may be 🙂
Another lovely art work piece , I’ve so enjoyed my catch up time here on your blog !
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Ah, Christina Rosetti! Of course, I can see exactly what you mean. Her poems had that lush descriptive feel that I am trying to get in this painting. Poppy, you always know where I am going! It’s very good to have you back, I have missed your comments and your posts – looking forward to your collaboration with Chillbrook!
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Ohhh, so lovely! I feel the glow coming through the front leaf. I agree with Karen, you need to produce several more and create a set. Keep it coming!
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Thank you Gale – I enjoyed working on this one, so I think there will certainly be more!
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Excellent! 😀
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🙂
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This is impressive.
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Thank you so much.
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Yes, I would agree, it’s such a yummy color palette and overall appearance. It’s very much a delightful secret garden! Beautiful!
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Thank you – I love the idea of a secret garden!
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Really beautiful colours, Anna.
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Thank you Bente – these are rather different colours for me, and I am enjoying them.
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Mmmm….mango! Or at least that’s what it looks like to me, having seen them grow in reality up in Kununurra, the Kimberley. I love the glow of the green on what I presume would a leaf and, interestingly, Anna, the extract you’ve decided to paint I would regard, as a photographer, to be a rather messy image and not bother to photograph it; yet, as a painting, I like it very much! Indeed.
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Thanks Janina – you could be right, it may be a mango, but on the other hand it may have been a tiny berry, blown up large! The actual object didn’t interest me really, its more about the form. Such an interesting comment from a photographer’s point of view – we must look for something different in a composition, which is good I think!
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Mango! Made me hungry. So lovely.
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Thank you!
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The light and colours are beautiful, Anna. Feels like summer!
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Thanks Karen – I expect you a feeling ready for a little bit of summer by now!
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lush and ready for picking – beautiful – funny I saw something like these fruit last night being grown in north queensland – it could be an ‘achacha’ not that it really matters! it really does glow.
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Thanks Veronica – there is a tropical feel isn’t there? I like the sound of an achacha, must look it up!
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I just found some pictures – you are absolutely right!
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great name as well – just makes you feel happy 🙂 apparently that taste like sorbet – what could be better !!
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It is a wonderful name! And sorbet … sounds very good.
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