Blue Fig

Dani Humberstone
Blue Fig
Original Painting
Oil on Canvas
Image Size: H 12cm x W 12
Frame Size: H 28cm x W 28cm x D 5cm
Signed
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Blue Fig (2020) is an original painting by Dani Humberstone. Fruit has been used metaphorically in art and language for centuries. It has helped Illustrate Fairy Tales, Mythology, The Bible and Shakespeare.etc An apple in Renaissance painting was symbolic of ‘a fallen woman’ and we still use fruit.

Discover new paintings by artist Dani Humberstone. Dani Humberstone uses the symbolism of ripe fruit to illustrate the narrative. Painting directly from life allows her to translate three dimensions into two and capture the essence or life force of the subject. Individual fruits damage easily; so as they slowly age she tracks their gradual decay in the painting as she works.