30 in 30 Challenge -- Day 2

Day 2 of  Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.  

Here is my second painting for the challenge.  It is a green pear.  Growing up, there was a pear tree in our backyard that produced some of the sweetest pears I had ever tasted.  I loved them at all stages of their growth--just turning ripe, ripe, and overly ripe.  This is one fruit that tastes different at each stage, yet delicious.  My mom made all types of goodies with the pears--pear preserves, stewed pears, pear tarts, pear flap jacks, pear brandy, you name it.  The pears provided many years of fruitful goodness for our family.  

I don't know how long that pear tree had been around, but it had been there in our backyard years before I was born.  It was struck by lightning a couple of times over the years, and in the last few years it was finally taken out by another lightning strike.  We had to have it cut down since it was not producing pears anymore.

When I painted this green pear, I wasn't sure what color background I wanted.  I added a mixture of Sap Green and Titanium White to the background but felt it was too light.  I then darkened the background with Sap Green and Thalo Blue.  I like how the green on green complements each other.  

“Green Pear”

5 1/4  x 5 3/4 inches
 Acrylic on 140 lb. Watercolor Paper

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