“Two clementines and a plum.”
Clementines, sweet, little fruits, lovely scented, easy to peal and seedless. What more can you ask from an orange? And this is why they are my favourite from the oranges family.
This week I was looking for a simple composition, with fruits. So I went for what I found in my larder, couple of clementines and a plum. A solitary plum. I have chosen the plum to pair with the clementines, because I thought it would be a better colour composition and the size is similar, just a bit smaller. For me, plum is similar to autumn, and clementines with winter, I don’t know why but I think that clementines and oranges smell like Christmas. Anyway, this is a different story.
For the painting I used a linen canvas, from “belle arti” as per usual. Oil primed. I painted alla prima, over few hours, using the sight size technique and a fairly limited palette.
So this is it:
“Two clementines and a plum.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (10” X 12”)
