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Lady With Lemon.
 
Oil on canvas. 20"x24"
2001.
Private collection.
 
The woman in the painting is Eve, about to cut a lemon.
The customary way to picture forbidden fruit--as an apple--is just an old art tradition. The Bible doesn't actually say which fruit it was. I decided to try something different, like a lemon and a pear (see "Lady With Pear"). It feels like each fruit gives a slightly different flavor to the original sin.