My wife, Karen, makes beautiful baskets and she recently made a small melon basket. I have painted it before ("Melon Basket"). I painted it again and filled it with plump strawberries.

My home is in Bainbridge, New York and across the river from us is a well known strawberry farm where you can pick them in June. This little still life symbolizes my wife's creativity, the delicious berries of early summer found here and my love for strong Dutch type lighting. It is a small painting but takes just as much concentration as the larger ones.

Daniel K. Tennant
April 6, 2006