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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Apples, Freud sleeve (3 1/2 x 8")


This is another end piece of hardboard I kept to play on. I bought a bag of these tiny impossibly dark apples to paint because they keep forever and don't melt under the lights, and I am not tempted to eat them. I have a beautiful Lucien Freud book that came with an impressive sleeve, and for some time I have been using the sleeve as a prop for cloth or paper behind a set up. So I scooted the apples against the sleeve (you see the letters in the upper left corner) and went looking for a suitable sheet of colored paper to prop up against it. When I came back to it, I thought the darkness of the apples needed another weighted color, so I thought why not use the black, and then I really looked at the letters and thought.......
If only I could channel Lucien.

3 comments:

  1. Bonjour Jean, merci pour ces belles pommes annonciatrice de l'automne...

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  2. Martine Salut,
    Alors bon d'entendre ta voix ....
    Si seulement c'était l'automne, il est de 100 degrés ici au Texas. J'espère que votre spectacle s'est bien passé!

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  3. Merci, moi aussi je suis heureuse de pouvoir admirer à nouveau le résultat de votre talent... L'exposition fut positivement réussie. Bisous.

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