Framed Banana Artwork
Bananas are said to be the perfect snack; a fruit with a wonderfully sweet and creamy texture, and they even come with their own wrapping. Probably the most desirable of the tropical fruits, they have been focused on quite a bit in still life but also on their own in framed banana art.
One early artwork featuring the bent fruit is “Meal (The Bananas)” created by Paul Gauguin in 1891, a dark piece that features three people sitting at a table, a whole stalk of the fruit in front of them. However, in this framed banana painting the long, oblong shaped fruit is not the bright yellow we are accustomed to but shades of darker yellows, mustards and oranges.
Quite obviously bananas are often paired with other fruits of similar origins to create framed banana tropical fruit artwork, such as coconut, papaya, mango and avocadoes. This includes pieces like “Lucious Tropical Fruit II” by Kris Taylor and “Tropical Fruit I” by Janet Kruskamp. Conversely, some artists have paired the banana with less tropical varieties such as apples, lemons and grapes. These pieces include “Bowl of Fruit” by Dale Payson and “Manzanas” by Patricia Pinto.
What we don’t often see in most food-based creations is the fruit still on the plant. However, in this case of funny shaped yellow fruit, this seems to be a popular way to capture it, in framed banana tree art. Pieces like “Tropica III” by Kevin McPherrin, “Banana Tropicana” by Barbara Shipman and “Cortex Gold I” by W. Green-Aldridge all feature the fruit in abundant bunches still on their great stalks.