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"My son recently saw a still life done by the Italian master, Michelangelo
Caravaggio, and sent me a postcard of the painting. In the still life Caravaggio had painted
there were two pomegranates. My son thought a still life with these magnificent fruits would
make a beautiful still life. He was correct. The arils (seeds) are filled with juice and have many colors
in them. The skin of the fruit is often freckled with patches of browns and blacks on them and
the juice is the color of blood. Pomegranates have been painted as symbols of eternity, royalty
and the resurrection of Christ. I really had an enjoyable time painting the complex pattern of the cloth."
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