of the moment Apple

A belated Halloween pic of my pumpkin colored apple. This shot won a contest

with a Fall theme. Exposed on b&w tri-x. Repro onto litho film. Edge detail

handpainted onto film with masking media. Printed onto Cibachrome and color

filtered to be orange.

Comments welcome.

It's fantastic. It doesn't show the extensive time and labor you put into it which is a good thing, and it was so worth your effort. It's simple and expressive, at the same time it's endlessly interesting in it's shape, edges, colors, negative space, composition, etc. Love the stem separation too.

I've always thought about doing images of apples. It's the ur-icon--A is for apple: it's there when we start to read. We sin with it, separate the sexes with it, aquire knowledge and lose paradise with it when Eve tempts Adam. We look at art with it--it's always the first drawing assignment, isn't it? We link our health to it with an apple a day and rosy apple cheeks, and it's a image in my personal history as an artist. If I do start using the apple in my work I'll always have this one in my mind.