5" x 7" oil on gessoed panel
A visit to the local Asian market this past weekend yielded a couple of new subjects for painting fodder. I seriously considered calling this one "Enter The Dragon (Fruit)" but that just sounds creepy. On the other side of the coin, "Strange Magenta Fruit on Top of Crappy Varnished Table" was too cynical. The real name for the "dragon fruit" is pitaya, and while exotic, some people might not know what a pitaya is, so plain old "Dragon Fruit" it is.
The inside of a pitaya is as interesting and pretty as the outside, resembling a poppy seed muffin, but with the texture of a cooked pear. I haven't tried cutting fruit open to paint the insides for a number of reasons, but I may be missing out by not doing so.
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