Love Light Lemon

This painting became an American Art Award winner in 2012 competition in Realism Category http://www.americanartawards.com. Judged by 25 famous galleries across the country and competing with more than thousand artists from America, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, North Korea, Poland, Romania, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Elena, Thank you so much! Irina

Irina, your watercolor technique is fantastic! Excellent work!

Thank you Elf Evans so much! Irina

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Nicely done....

Irina you do beautiful work I am going to stumble and tweet your art. Hope you get some visitors.

People would ask me what is Lemon as a symbol in old Dutch painting? We understand the Rose is all about love, the thorns are all about life. ................................................................................................................................................................................ Here is what I found l on meanings of lemon in Old Masters Still Life paintings: ...............................................................................................................................................................................................• lemon is a symbol of luxury which alienates man from God • a peeled lemon, as well as accompanying seafood was, like life, attractive to look at, but bitter to taste • Lemon is linked in Christian tradition to fidelity and, therefore, to the figure of the Virgin. In Abraham van Beyeren's time, the lemon was an imported fruit, thus connoting luxury. • lemon may be seen as a symbol of time passing • Half-peeled Lemon stands for casual excess, and so serves as a call for moderation, warning that life is not only sweet, but sour as well.

just beautiful