Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper \to hang and the legs appear to

and the legs appear to be cast brass

and a hole at the center of the back

or filled with a bloom

like the angel on one shoulder in a cartoon

Perfect Pear: 19th C. Theorem Watercolor on Paper \to hang and the legs appear toThere are so many sorts of things I've fallen more and more in love with over time, theorem paintings very much one of them. I really love the super folky early theorems on velvet, but a crisp watercolor theorem on paper like this one satisfies in a whole different way; what a jewel like thing this ripening pear on its stem is, with a few rich green leaves setting it off just perfectly. So contemporary feeling, too; a perfectly resolved, very lovely