Watercolour + gouache. Artwork finished just before going to my vacation, April 08. Size : 100 CM x 70 CM. The upper work meant as a contemporary painting, though may be used as textile design as well, in this scale, but also in much smaller scale, according to purpose. This work is dedicated to my home town, Ramat - Hasharon. The strawberries become a symbol of Ramat- Hasharon, since there used to be Strawberries fields at the entrance of Ramat - Hasharon, tsomet Rishonim area(at the junction of Rishonim). I remember in 1987/8 the year, I moved to Ramat- Hasharon, still living with my parents, and a student. I used to walk with those huge Poligal bags of ART, and another HEAVY bag of ALL kinds of paints & art tools , to that bus station on the Rishonim junction. There, were those fields were... One sunny day, while standing there, waiting for a bus ... a man came from those fields towards me, with the hugest most beautiful Red strawberry, in his hand , a smile on his face... offering it to me :-).. " Please take and eat "... he said to me. Well, first I was very surprised, a bit shy :-)... Yet, it was such a strawberry that only can make you SMILE ...Of course I also thought about what will happen to my lipstick, while eating the strawberry, that it might damage the look of it..LOL !... More, I used to not talk , nor take anything from strangers ;-)... After a very short hesitation , a bit embarrassed, of course I took the strawberry and ate it, while surely smiling. Thanks for viewing and commenting, Enjoy your weekend. Copyrights (c) Nira Dabush