Portfolio...Red Delicious
“Red Delicious is part of the Portfolio Collection...Acrylic on Canvas…see others from the series below..
“Consider the fate of America’s favorite apple. It emerged from an Iowa orchard in 1880 as a round, blushed yellow fruit of surpassing sweetness.
But like a figure in a TV makeover show, it was an apple that its handlers could not leave alone. They altered its shape. They made it firmer and more juicy. They made it so it could be stored in hermetically sealed warehouses for 12 months. Along the way, they changed its color and hence its name—to Red Delicious.” A. Higgins
This exotic poem, with it’s imagery of apple tea, and harems of delight, personifies the abstract vision of the painting…the Delicious Apple encased in Ochre…Janis
Sipping apple tea and sucking sweetened fingers,
standing by the stall and making my selection;
spices colour-collaged like love, cloves and ginger,
barrelfuls of nutmeg, carpets of peppercorn
elma çay and lokum.
Pink mouthfuls, succulent and stacked like building bricks,
construct sweet marbled, sandstoned walls and terrasses
cross the bazaar.
The bright gilt teapot, as intric
ate, bizarre,
Byzantine as silk and attar, as
elma çay and lokum.
is tipped again. I sip.
Pink, green, yellow, ochre
blocks of nut and syrup,
packed in boxes and tied
with minaret-thin ribbon,
and served with sugared
cups of apple tea –
squishy harems of delight:
elma çay and lokum. Geraint Jennings
Portfolio...Red Delicious belongs to the following groups:
The Fruit and Veg Shop(2 uploads a Day), All Around the Styles, Art Inspired by Dreams, AW Welcome Center, Contemporary Professional Painters and Sculptors, Everyday Life, Fine Arts, in-between, JPG Cast-Offs, Just Brown, Light In The Darkness, Live, Love, Dream: , Prize Challenges!!, Safe Haven, THE FRINGE, The Patchwork , The true beauty, Unconventional Artistry - 3 per day and Who are YOU to Judge? Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
Vestque
LOL, I stumbled in at the very moment you added this.
Lovely painting! Love the shadows and background. The apple looks good enough to eat :P!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much…welcome to my RB pages…I hope you enjoy veiwing my work…
Janis Zroback
Sipping apple tea and sucking sweetened fingers,
standing by the stall and making my selection;
spices colour-collaged like love, cloves and ginger.
ANNETTE HAGGER
divine….another mastrerpiece janis!...anna ; )
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much for that “divine” Anna…I love that you think so..
David Roman
Well your the queen here my friend! Lovely as usual!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much David…
GEORGE SANDERSON
Another masterpiece, Janis
It looks good enough to eat !
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much George….this particular collection is based partly on realism and partly on abstraction…glad you like it.
DanaMS
Looks Delicious! Beautifully done! Have a wonderful day Janis!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Dana…glad you like it…the same to you…
Darman
Amazing!
Jim Phillips
You should paint a follow up piece with a large bite out of it. Really beautiful Janis.
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Jim….though I love painting them, I can’t eat apples, so I would have to get someone else to bite it for me.. :)))
John Fish
wonderful job. love the colors, lighting and style in this
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much John…I’m really pleased you like it.
Bill Gamblin
Janis….this apple looks absolutely delicious…great job my firend
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Bill…I’m so happy you like it…
catherine walker
and it does look delicious..so well done again janis!! you’re fruit are perfect.
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Catherine…..glad you like it.
Solomon Walker
a gorgeous painting! looks very eatable!!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Solomon…
Linda Callaghan
another one of your delicious looking paintings Janis, so real and ready to eat!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Linda…these are from my realism series, but i don’t like to make it too real, so I add the abstract background, which gives a bit of mystery to the whole thing…
Cora Wandel
Janis, another beauty from you! Now I’m hungry for an apple! Excellent work. – Cora
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Cora…I’m so pleased you like it.
Karin Taylor
magnifico janis,
you are a master at painting apples!!!!
I’m looking at my favourite art work of your apples right here near my computer hanging in my studio…and it still amazes me just how real they look!
Janis Zroback replied
I try not to paint everything in a realistic fashion including landscapes and flowers, as I am not a fan of hyperrealistic work…but in this series, I allowed that side of me to come out, and added an abstract background to balance it…thanks so much Karin…glad you like them..
KazM
Gloriously delicious looking.
Bravo!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Kaz…
Joanne Bradley
Janis, you are so good at making fruit look real and 3 dimenstional. Love the shadow and lights and that color wrapping around it. It reminds me of tea towels my grandmother used…
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Joanne…I try to mitigate the realism with the background as much as I can…
paulscar
beautiful work~love it!!!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Paul and welcome to my pages..
Alison Pearce
Stunning work!!
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Alison, for your lovely comments on all my work…
VanSnuG
Mmmmmmmmmm …
Apple.
Thank you, Janis.
A sight for sore PC eyes. :-)
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Steven…
May I recommend the purchase of an IMac? perfect for the relief of sore eyes.. :))) I love mine…
VanSnuG
Have one at home, at work … that’s a way different story. ;-)
Janis Zroback replied
I know…I hear that from a lot of people….I have always used Macs right from the start and just upgrade when new ones come out…I’m a Mac fanatic…
BLYTHART
I love the richness of colour in this.
Janis Zroback replied
There are over 30 paintings in this series so far…all originals are available for sale as well…I’m so pleased you like it…
mikebov
superb
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Mike…glad you like it.
izzybeth
congratulations and fantastic work Janis…
Janis Zroback replied
Thank you so much Izzybeth…
kjgordon
how did I miss this,...............my salivary glands are activated…...........
Janis Zroback replied
Probably one of your many escapes?....glad you like it…
milikacreative
Beautiful work!
Janis Zroback replied
Welcome Vere…thank you so much…
GeneGregorySr
Great colours….. nice composition
Janis Zroback replied
Welcome Gene…thank you so much…
Holly Cawfield
Oh my goodness…......I LOVE this! The lines, curves and shapes are just fantastic. Good grief, this is SO good!!!!
Janis Zroback replied
How nice of you to say so…I’m so glad you like all these different examples of my style of painting…I like the adventure and the excitement of painting in different ways…thank you so much Holly…
nicholphoto
Janis Zroback replied
Fantastic news Bradley… I love it… thank you so much…
Milos Markovic
Beautiful work…
Janis Zroback replied
Welcome and thank you so much Milos…
Rodney Campbell
Terrific painting. Love the background in this one. Your fruits are simply marvelous!