![Ten apples, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 18x24](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ten-apples.jpg)
OUT WITH THE OLD …
RECENT RECONSTRUCTIONS and experiments in apples as 2019, a challenging year of illness and loss, comes to a merciful end.
![Snowstorm, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 16x20](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/snowstorm.jpg)
![Six Apples, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 11x14](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Six-Apples.jpg)
![Abstract 74, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 18x24](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/steer.jpg)
![Ananas Reinette, Pitmaston Pineapple, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 9x12](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ananas-Pitmaston.jpg)
![River View (2), Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 16x20](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/River-View-2.jpg)
![Nine Apples, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 24x18](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Nine-apples.jpg)
![The Meadows (2), Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 24x18](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-Meadows-2.jpg)
![Holiday 19, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 14x11](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/holiday-19.jpg)
Artwork and essays
OUT WITH THE OLD …
RECENT RECONSTRUCTIONS and experiments in apples as 2019, a challenging year of illness and loss, comes to a merciful end.
Love the autumn gold of the Nine Apples turning with the season to holiday tree ornaments
Thank you Leslie! Happy New Year.
I love how the apples merge your earlier often mysterious pods with a festive reinvention of landscape. In the mix here is Meadows, which is brilliantly colorful and evocative, such a burst of spring as the year turns. The puzzle-like form of it reveals how life’s shifting shapes fit together in their most alive state.
Many thanks. I appreciate the kind words and feedback.
Russell,
I LOVE six apples and ten apples so much! Great shapes and colors. branches hold the variety together! Wonderful! Thank you!!!!
Jan
Thank you so much, Jan! I appreciate the support … I hope you are painting up a storm, and Happy New Year!