Description
These apricots on their tree are from Anne and Gary’s backyard in San Anselmo. I began this painting while I was underway painting Southside Lily Pond. I was tired of the dark colors I was painting the water with and needed to play with some bright, clear color. I started in with the background on the lower right using even more intense and bright color than was there. With the scale of the fruit in this painting these fruits may be hard to recognize as apricots. I’m guessing they’ll be mistaken for peaches – which doesn’t matter, really. Most years this tree produces the most amazing crop – buckets and buckets full. This painting reminds me of the generosity of nature – and of Gary’s faithful care of it in his garden. A side note: this same tree produced the apricots that I used to make the tart in Fruit Tart.
July 2008
