Apples Four Ways
by Carol Jacobs
Title
Apples Four Ways
Artist
Carol Jacobs
Medium
Digital Art - Mixed-real-digital
Description
“Apples Four Ways” is one of 73 images created for the book "Nailing Together Bits of Chaos: Jerry-Rigging a Life", poems by Donna Brua. The book is available for sale at http://bitsofchaos.com/books.html
The poem “Why Apples in This Still Life” that inspired this drawing gave a nod to the important role of the apple in the artist's still life. As an artist and antiques dealer, doing the drawing was a treat, but I have no question as to why the apple is in the still life—it is red, wonderfully, beautifully red. Why apples are in this still life is a more poetic question.
Why Apples In This Still Life
Do apples hold their firmness
until the final brush stroke,
their curved lines braced
against the rectangular table
within the cubular room,
that their fiery blaze
quickens white walls, worn planks,
dark blue bowl,
their polished skins reflect light,
flouting winter sun streaming low
through the sole window,
nourishing, quenching,
hanging on as if unplucked,
immutable, brazen
like feisty old ladies
flaring their impudent eyes?
My signature is part of the image and will appear on the final print.
The "fine art America" watermark does not show on the image you purchase. It is only to protect the image online. My images are all copyright protected and are not to be copied or reproduced in any way without written consent.
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December 8th, 2013
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Comments (4)
Maria Hunt
Wonderfully done, Carol. Congratulations on your fabulous finish in the "Favorite Food" contest. F/L
Maria Hunt
What a delightful entry into the Favorite Food contest.. I came on this by accident and had to comment.. Revisiting this treasure.. Voting.
Carol Jacobs replied:
Thank you Marie. This was done in an apple bonanza year. This year I must enjoy my apples on paper as I only had five on my three trees. I left those for the deer. They surely miss them more than I do.
Jerry Bokowski
Carol, I love apples in every form...that wonderful pie though is making me VERY hungry for breakfast. I enjoyed your description as well. I always have a soft spot in my heart for a good black and white...this reminds me of my Grandmother Charlotte!
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