Appeltaart, perhaps?

Another still life

Never painted apples before. The first ripe ones from our little garden gave me this opportunity to try a new setting with a white sugar pot and some cinnamon sticks and star anise. Well, almost all you need for a nice Dutch appeltaart!

Eerste appels / Early apples, acrylic, canvasboard, 30 x 24 cm. See the final version in My gallery.

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