Forbidden Fruit-An Apple-a-Day #11

Although there are many more I could show you, these will be my final postings of An-Apple-a-Day paintings by my former colleague, Joy Liberman (Check out her website). She is a talented artist who doesn't just paint apples! The name of the artist whom she has "copied" is beneath each posted photo.  I cannot fully explain why I have been so taken with the exhibition of these apple paintings...perhaps it is her creativity or her talent.  Regardless, she is aptly named...JOY is what her work represents to me!

Albert Durer

Albert Durer

Lucas Cranach

And the winners are...An-Apple-a-Day #9

The Son of Man, 1964

la chambre d ecoute rene magritte 1958

Both of these paintings are "take-offs" on Magritte images. I selected the top, and my granddaughter chose the other green apple, la chambre.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown. Rene Magritte
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Quiz result!!


1. The first person to guess my choice (July 4) was Irredento Urbanita.  6 other clever bloggers made the same decision.


2. NO-ONE correctly guessed my granddaughter's choice, which is July 19. However, 12 of you thought that she might have selected #14, which logically assumes that a young child would be attracted to the fairy tale image. I, too, was surprised that she did not make that her choice; she wasn't even remotely attracted to it.  Her choice was between a very blue apple attached to a different month and this Magritte look-alike.  Must be in our genes since she, too, was attracted to the Magritte images. (She did not know which painting I had chosen).

An Apple a Day #7 "The Masters"

Each of these 8"x8"squares is an individual painting, one for each day of the month of July. Some of which I have already posted and, if you have been following An-Apple-a-Day, you will recognize a few.  I selected one for myself and a few days later I brought my granddaughter to the exhibit so that she could select one for herself also.  She did not know which one is mine, and, fortunately, she did not select that one for herself.  Now...the quiz:  tell me which one you think I chose for 1) myself and 2) which one my 9-year-old granddaughter selected for her very own.  The first one who correctly identifies one or the other  gets a postcard from the great state of Minnesota from me. I'll show you both of them on Thursday, March 3.
(Start at the top: the first square is July 1...and the last square is July 31--got it?) Added later: make your choice before you read the other comments...more fun this way!

The artist's goal was each day to paint something that represented a well-known painting. Those of you who are artistically bent will recognize that each of these paintings is a take-off on one of the masters. Some of you already correctly identified July 27th as a reference to Georgia O'Keeffe.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:  I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.::: Diego Rivera ::: 

Apple-a-Day #5

This should bring another artist to mind!

The following quotes might jog your memory:

"Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished. "


"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."


BIG HINT (But don't peek!  If you've ever received an email from me, you'll have a terrific clue!)

Who is it?

An Apple-a-Day #4

For those of you who have asked, each individual painting is 8"x 8".  The top photo is part of the month of October. Immediately to its right is the "William Tell" painting, which I posted earlier right here.