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Banana Sunday, Unstretched Canvas

The story of Banana Sunday

This painting is largely about shapes. I love the graceful arch of the leaves and the play of translucent light. I love the spiral of bananas, the big scarlet flower; each tree is a work of balanced asymmetry. To render a banana tree is to paint a painting within a painting.

Pencil sketch of a banana plant, a bunch of bananas hanging beneath its broad leaves
Pencil study for the painting.

Subject matter in Banana Sunday

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