Horseapple
by Rand Burns
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12.000 x 12.000 inches
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Title
Horseapple
Artist
Rand Burns
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
In the mid south of the U.S. people refer to this as a horseapple, osage orange or hedge apple. It is about the size of a large grapefruit and usually sticky, especially when broken open. The color to the outside surface is always a bright, light green and always catches my eye to paint. The trees were initially brought here to serve the purpose of hedge row fence posts, but escaped and are found widely in the areas of the south. An interesting tree, its bark is a bright orange when peeled away and the color is exposed underneath. They are sometimes used as room deodorizers. The blooms in the spring are insignificant compared to the massive fruit in July.
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October 21st, 2010
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Comments (8)
Laurel Adams
Randy...Being a botanical study artist myself, I love your BOTANICALS and STRUCTURE of PLANTS CollectionS and wish to feature their Intricacies today...THANK YOU for these beautiful glimpses!..LF
Rand Burns replied:
Laurel, thank you for your visit and comments on this series of botanical studies and portraits. Thanking you also for the F/L on the works.
Nancy Griswold
I find this ever so interesting, it is a fine painting too, thanks for teaching me about horseapple as I never would have known FAV/Like
Rand Burns replied:
Nancy, I am happy your found and learned about horse-apples through this painting. I appreciate your comment and the F/L on the work.
Gloria Ssali
beautifully done Randy so so beautiful great aesthetic and technique so love your rendering of this delicate horseapple!! fl
Rand Burns replied:
Gloria, thank you for your comment in this 12 x 12" one in a seedpod series of a horse apple. I appreciate it and also and always the F/L on the work.
Conor Murphy
Congrats- Randy, this has been featured on the homepage of Nuts, Seeds and Berries,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Conor
Rand Burns replied:
Thanx Conor. I am excited about the Horseapple being diplsayed on Nuts and Berries homepage-wonderful! Randy