Monday, March 23, 2020

"Fruit Salad: Before"


I've been doing a series of still lifes. And I think they look fairly true to life. But when I started painting this one, I was in a loose kind of mood. I just love the look of blood oranges, but after I mixed the paint for it, I thought, "What the heck" and just let my brushes take me where they wanted to go. 

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