I've been trying
to draw a peach to use as a pattern and visual aid for the model of
the peach inlay. I've been looking at photos of peaches on-line and
in books but I can't find the perfect peach from the perfect angle to
match the image I have in my mind.
I've been to the
grocery store several times, coming home with bags of peaches, each
of them delicious and yet none still matched my image. I am
dissatisfied with them all as a model for the pattern.
Obviously, not
just any ordinary peach will do no matter how tasty it is. I guess I
have in mind a more universal peach, the symbol of peach, in which
case it's unlikely that I will find the specimen in real life.
But since I
detest the artificial perfection that has seized our culture when it
comes to ideals of beauty, I will probably use a real peach to look
at after I have already formed the basic shape in wax, to add some
lumps and dips and bulges, to try to bring it back to real life
somewhat.
I'd better hurry
as peaches are passing out of season, soon to be replaced by produce
from Chili and I can't bring myself to buy produce from Chili. From
halfway around the world. That's just wrong.
We all need lumps and bumps...especially peaches...good luck
ReplyDeleteWish I could help. Look up the old Peaches Records crates.
ReplyDeletePeaches are perfect. Maybe it's the fuzz you're missing. I wish I could send you a perfect Astabula peach. The ones grown by the lake shore in Astabula, Ohio.
ReplyDeleteoh, the perfectionist artist. :)
ReplyDeleteI have been looking at a few in the last two weeks eating them fresh from a tree. Isn't there a little point oon the bottom?A good friend used to always start his classes with an apple and show how many colors with pencil he made it with.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny how our IDEA of something comes to look more like that object, at least in our minds, than the way it looks in reality? Strange.
ReplyDelete(I suppose that same tendency is behind sex objectification -- our IDEA of what men and women should look like, vs. what they really do!)
I hear you about produce from outside US. It is wrong!!
ReplyDeleteHugs
SueAnn
Yes, pictures from old crates were idealized. I do like your idea of a real peach, with imperfections and all.
ReplyDeleteI have no opinion about how it should look - I just want to EAT one now :)
ReplyDeleteI agree about buying food grown in Chili.
ReplyDeleteI love your explorations into the soul of the peach. Very cool!
Strange, I can't imagine that you shouldn't be able to find a genuine peach that won't do for your idea. Real peaches do have lumps and bumps, don't they?
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious way to research your art.
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