Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper soloar phenomenon and hand-colored flowers at her

and hand-colored flowers at her shoulder and more to the right of her hand

which to me is an invitation to create a whole set up into which those rolling marbles spill

and would be fun on a lazy susan too

with mechanics partially working

Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper soloar phenomenon and hand-colored flowers at herThere are so many sorts of things I've fallen more and more in love with over time, theorem paintings very much one of them. I really love the super folky early theorems on velvet, but a crisp watercolor theorem on paper like this one satisfies in a whole different way; what a jewel like thing this ripening pear on its stem is, with a few rich green leaves setting it off just perfectly. So contemporary feeling, too; a perfectly resolved, very lovely