Red Apple I

Red Apple I 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas Panel

The apple is associated with love, beauty, health, luck, pleasure, wisdom, temptation, sensuality, sexuality, fertility and virility. Tradition connects the origin of man and women with an apple tree in the Garden of Paradise.

In Greek mythology, Gaia, or Mother Earth, gave Zeus and his wife Hera a tree with golden apples on their wedding day which was in the garden of Hesperides. This tree was guarded by Ladon, a serpent who never slept and the golden apples became the subject of many tales of love, temptation and bribery in Greek mythology.

Remains of apples as a food were found in the excavations of Jericho in the Jordan Valley dating back to 6000 B.C. So you can see that apples were enjoyed as food from prehistoric times. The apple also has a scientific history dating back to Sir Isaac Newman who let it fall to the ground to form his laws of gravity. In American folklore, Johnny Appleseed promoted the propigation of apple trees. Today apples are enjoyed in all types of recipes by many cultures.

You might think that painting an apple is an easy thing, but it isn't. The first time I ever painted an apple, I spent hours on it until I could get it the way I wanted. But apples are fun to paint and that is why I, and many other painters, enjoy painting them.

If you would like to purchase thie 5" x 7" oil painting, please email me. It is painted on canvas panel, ready for framing.

This 5" x 7" oil painting on canvas panel is priced at $100 plus s/h.