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
24 Comments
Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 05 May 2008
adore this work!!!!!!Madeleine Weber 01 May 2008
stunning painting, stunning details! my pic of the dayTeresa Dominici 30 Apr 2008
Great work, love the vivid colors.Denny Gholson 30 Apr 2008
Deliciously Beautiful Work Nira ! Great Smiling Colors !John Graham Inkson 29 Apr 2008
Beautiful strong vibrant colour, and designcraig moline 28 Apr 2008
Wonderful design with beautiful colors Nira. Great looking work.José Fortunato 28 Apr 2008
A wonderful and "tasty" work !Alberto D'Assumpcao 28 Apr 2008
Spectacular work, Nira!!!francis kwok peng kin 28 Apr 2008
you have great talent in this fabric design. brilliant.Joke Schotting 28 Apr 2008
AWESOME WORK DEAR NIRA!!!!!Pat Abbott 28 Apr 2008
I love the bold colors and design. Gorgeous work, Nira!KC CHANG 28 Apr 2008
JUST FABULOUS!!Federica Bentivoglio 28 Apr 2008
lovely and stunning image!!!Thom Roslan 28 Apr 2008
Hmmmmmmmmmm.....They look good enough to eat.....One of my fav fruits! Great Design Nira!!Manna Lai 28 Apr 2008
really beautiful and great piece of artRuth Kauffman 27 Apr 2008
WOW!!! Brilliant images, Nira...both of them!! What a wonderful story also!! I love coming here for "story time"!!! LOL Hugs...geoff cooper 27 Apr 2008
lovely work Nira, you make me hungry..lolMrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 27 Apr 2008
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!FANTASTIC Mixed media artwork,my Dear Friend!!!Just love the Beautiful Strawberry designs in this Stunning Artistry,Nira!!!This is such a Beautiful design which can be used for so many purposes!!!I Always enjoy hearing,with Great Interest,Your Fascinating stories in Life which seem to be so Instrumental in inspiring Your Brillant Artworks,Nira!!!David &I Hope You and Your Beautiful Family have a Beautiful Day full of Joy,Peace,Love and Happiness!!!With Love&prayers,Dee&David ((((Hugs)))):):)jamie winter 27 Apr 2008
oh this is so colorful and wonderful fantastic colorAnneke Hut 27 Apr 2008
Very beautiful design and marvellous colours. It looks so good on the chair.Joanna Jungjohann 27 Apr 2008
delicious image, Nira, lol serve it up pleasekath nepia 27 Apr 2008
YUM! GORGEOUS-MY PIC OF THE DAY..:-)Rebecca Mullan 27 Apr 2008
Stunningly eyecatching and delightful Nira !! Thank you for sharing the story too :)Les Jobes 27 Apr 2008
Really lovely design work Nira. It will work great on so many things it is hard to list them all! Excellent work. :o)