"The
perceived sense of a moment of stillness in what must surely be a slow hum
of movement -
a stem hung from a string cannot be completely still, equally the single fruit,
has it just fallen,
parted company from its nurturing lifeline or has it sat there a while - hard
to say."
~ TAMSIN PICKERAL
 |
Study
of Tomatos
on the Vine |
"This is
what the picture does to me. It makes me smile, and the reason for this
is your exalted tomatoes perceived as an icon. I love the wry humour
in this, tomatoes a la Byzantine with a modern, modern twist. Though
perhaps this is not what you were doing, though again, given our religious
debates perhaps a touch of the icon slipped in subconcsiously!! Balance,
its all about balance. The weight of the vine against the delicate,
umbilical thread, the balance and weight of the fruit along its slender
stem. The perceived sense of a moment of stillness in what must surely
be a slow hum of movement - a stem hung from a string cannot be completely
still, equally the single fruit, has it just fallen, parted company
from its nurturing lifeline or has it sat there a while - hard to say.
Indeed is it even sitting or is it still in flight, with no groundline
present. I love the ambiguity of this and the structure of the composition
- a bit of a Degas view!! ~
TAMSIN PICKERAL |