Apples and Pears Oil on Board 4.5ins x 6ins.

Eight Fruits. Oil on Board. 4.5ins x 6.5ins.

I thought these apples looked so nice all lined up in their box. The label (right) said "8 Fruits" So what better title for the painting. It also says they are Golden Delicious and come from Italy. I didn't used to like the Golden Delicious and probably wouldn't have bought these if I had been able to decipher the label in the shop, but actually these apples were quite nice and made a nice subject for a still-life.

Green Apples, 6 ins x 4.5ins Oil on board

This is a little still-life of some green apples which I did the other week. I quite like the storks on these apples, and the way they kind of stick out in different directions according to the way they were hanging on the tree.

Pink Ladies II. 4.5" x 6". Oil on Board

This is another version of the Pink Lady apples.

This painting is 4½ins x 6ins and painted Oil on board.

Pink Ladies. Oil on Board, 4.5ins x 6ins

I hadn't come across Pink Lady apples before, well I don't buy apples very often mainly because there seemed to be a period in the 80s where some of the Apple varieties like Golden Delicious went through a phase of tasting like wet polystyrene, as if they had been so over bred to look good on the supermarket shelf, but in the process they destroyed all the flavour. However I'm pleased to say these Apples were very nice, firm, juicy and sweet and tasted like real apples. So not only look good, taste good to. Maybe the perfect apple? :)

This painting is 4½ins x 6ins and painted Oil on board.