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The idea for this painting came from a brochure in the mail. In the brochure
was a fabulous painting by Michelangelo Caravaggio titled, Still Life With Fruit on a Stone Ledge
(1603). I was really struck by his beautiful rendering of a basket with fruit in shadow. His painting
was done in oils and I work in opaque watercolors so there was quite a challenge to create a painting
with a similar feel.
I found a beautiful old vine basket and filled it with grapes, pears, apples and plums.
I also had some fruit spilling over into the foreground.
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