Pumpkin and Nuts Response Card

Pumpkin and Nuts is a fruit still life painted in oil on canvas. Pumpkin decorating is a favourite October pastime and belongs to Halloween. Symbolically, the pumpkin is often linked to rebirth and fertility, and they also symbolise harvests and crops. They fit the season in which Halloween falls every year. With Halloween coming, shelves will be covered in festive and colourful holiday decorations. Maybe you find something here for your home. Apples are the ideal fruit to eat at any time, having a positive role in the achievement of nourish balance. Their skin may be green, yellow or reddish, and the meat taste ranges from a bitter to sweet flavour. It is one of the most consumed fruit in the world. Autumn is also the season of the walnut harvest. Walnuts are a wrinkly, globe-like nut that is the fruit of the walnut tree. This autumn still life combines the three fruits on a table. I have simply tried to capture the colours and mood of an autumn afternoon. A still life (also known by its French title, nature morte) painting is a piece that features an arrangement of inanimate objects as its subject. Usually, these items are set on a table and often include organic objects like fruit and flowers and household items like glassware and textiles. The earliest known still life paintings were created by the Egyptians.