This piece was created to have a painterly but realistic look. I love the way that apples have a glow to them in sunlight. I used a blue-grey mi-teintes paper for this to make the light of the apples stand out and to give the shadow areas a much needed depth. As for the subject.... My 2 and a half year old son, Cameron, has an apple obsession as of late. It's one of his newest words, pronounced "a-po". He'll take one, inhale it's sweet smell, sigh ("ahhh!"), say "a-po" with a delighted grin, and take a bite. Then he'll put the apple down, find another new apple and do the same thing. Just one of the many reasons to watch your toddler carefully-he or she may devour an entire still-life before your eyes!