Garden Oranges - Original Oil Painting by Robyn Palescandolo Size:30x30" especially around the outer edges

especially around the outer edges where flower and background meet

I’m drawn to peonies not only for their fleeting beauty

I wasn’t searching for idealized beauty

the flower becomes almost abstract in its structure

The petals are rendered with particular delicacy

Garden Oranges - Original Oil Painting by Robyn Palescandolo Size:30x30" especially around the outer edgesThese oranges grow just outside my studio: sun warmed, a little wild, and never quite uniform. Their flavor is more tangy than sweet, their leaves weathered by time and sun. They arent the kind youd find perfectly stacked in a market bin, and thats exactly why I chose them. Theres a quiet poetry in imperfection. I wanted to honor the truth of these fruits as they are: slightly bruised, deeply alive, full of character. In painting them, I wasnt