Down on Green, Up on Red

 (original posting March 13, 2018)

Down on Green, Up on Red

Comice pears on a snow bank behind my home
at Shapleigh, Maine on Feb 18, painted on March 13, 2018
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and
permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano
Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$150 NFS GIFT

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The Art of Comice Pears
How other artists painted them...
 

1
The Pear
Jacqueline Gnott, TWSA, WHS, South Bend, Indiana
Watercolor on paper, 5.25" x 8", 2016
Sold
Artist's web site HERE
 

2
Comice
Mary Daisy Arnold
Watercolor on paper
11/1/1935, from the
New York Experimental Station, Geneva, NY
Source web site HERE
 

3
Comice Pear
Jane Palmer, Ruthin, Denbighshire, UK
Oil, 6" x 6"
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Artist's web site HERE
 

4
Ripe Pear
Claire Henning
Oil on gesso board, 6" x 6", 2013
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Artist's web site HERE
 

5
Three Pears
Saundra Lane, Colorado, US
Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16"
$100.00 USD
Artist's web site HERE
 

6
Pear
Marcus Bolt, UK
Acrylic
Artist's web site HERE
 

7
Doyenne du Comice
Miss May Rivers
Published in The Fruit Grower's Guide
by John Wright, 1891-1894. They show
Miss Rivers' artistry and skill, with an
intensity of color and attention to
detail that is remarkable.
Source HERE
 

8
Perched Pears
Tracy Vartenigian Burhans, Winchester, MA, US
Oil on glass
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Artist's web site HERE