Still Alive

This is a still life I painted earlier in the week for my intro to painting class.  Watching the fruit decay was fascinating, like watching the downfall of a celebrity.  The shape of my pear was painted when it was fresh, but the texture and color were added after the pear had rotted.  The painting is paradoxical and in that sense; life and death are present in the same object.

I feel like a real artist now and I plan to refine my work.  The main problems are in the shadows.  It turns out they are just as important as the objects!  Creating the colors is definitely my favorite part of painting.