The Pear

Last November, after several years of inactivity, I pulled my art supplies out of storage and began painting again. This was my first foray back into the world of color and brush strokes. I chose the pear because of the organic roundness of the subject. I like the heaviness that speaks of an elderly woman settled joyfully into her life, content and welcoming. Or a younger woman, pregnant with new life. Whatever the age, the pear is very female.

The final painting hangs on my wall next to one of the framed sketches. A pair of pears.