Framed Pear Paintings

Nicole Etienne, Peggy Thatch Sibley, and Judy Mandolf have framed the pear in a slightly different way than usual. In these ladies’ paintings, the pear is shown from a more neutral, humdrum angle. There are no vibrant colors, popping images, or eye-drawing characteristics. These artists have painted the typically bright green fruit in a lighter gray to green color. This lack of color allows the viewer to observe the painting as a whole, rather than single in on one item in the picture, the pear.

A few artists like Timothy O’Toole, Terri Hill, and Dale Payson have gone the opposite route of Etienne, Sible and Mandolf. They have painted a pear with its true bright, lively color of green to yellow. Also, the main focal point in these artists’ paintings is the pear itself, not the surrounding items or the background. One’s eyes are automatically drawn to the fruit and its beautiful colors, rather than trying to figure out what surrounds it. The backgrounds to these paintings are very basic in content, with typically one contrasting color to really make the foreground pop. These artists have chosen to depict the fruit in a more upbeat light.