ARBUTUS FLAMES

Acrylic Pigment Pastel on Canvas 76 x 76 cms

 

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STRAWBERRY TREE, GRECIAN

Greek : Andrakhnos, komaros
Species : Arbutus andrachne and Arbutus unedo
Description : A small evergreen tree or shrub which grows to a height of 5 to 10 metres. It produces bell shaped flowers in spring, and red berries in the autumn. The fruit is edible but strangely bland for fruit with so vivid a colour
Sacred to : Hermes (a sacred strawberry tree stood in his sanctuary at Tanagra).
Mythology : Birth of Hermes. The infant god was nursed beneath a strawberry tree. (Source: Pausanias)

 

 

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FRUIT STUMP BURNING

TUSCANY

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 30 x 30 cms