It is now nearly three months since I had my bicycle accident. And what an accident it was. Both arms affected, right elbow and a bone in left hand broken. After two surgeries and a long recovery I am on my way to become fully functional again. After that, during my first stages of recovery, I managed to do another little still life with pumpkins, for the Halloween. It felt a bit difficult, so I waited longer for the next painting. Another still life with fruits, this time an apple from our garden, a pear and some plums. I did the set up a week ago and started painting, then a lack of concentration combined with work and sport activities, made me stop for the remainder of the week. Then, I managed to finish it in two days, just in time before the fruits started to rot. Except for the laydown of the composition, which was done a week ago, the rest of it was painted alla prima, using a somewhat reduced palette, two yellows, two reds, two blues, black, white and transparent brown oxide.
Painted using mostly the flat synthetic brush, and only worked the details on the fruits and the highlights using the round sable brush.
I used the barn door light to focus the light on one of the plums and have everything else, pretty much in shadow.
So here it is:
“Plums, an apple and a pear.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30 cm (10” X 12”)
