A Gift from Woman

by William Fields

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$850

Dimensions

36.000 x 24.000 inches

Title

A Gift from Woman

Artist

William Fields

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

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every one of them,
piled up as they are in a pose
in sleeping
in a unified harmony,
enter into magnificent music.
Each one's deepest place having been reached into,
cores leisurely lay themselves down.
From the poem Still Life by Minoru Yoshioka

Perdix, "Lord of the Pear Trees", was one of Athens most sacred kings, when he was cast into the sea to die, his goddess, Athena, carried him to heaven, in the form of a Partridge from whence came A Partridge in a Pear Tree.

In Greek and Roman mythology, pears are sacred to three goddesses. Hera or Juno to the Romans, Aphrodite, Venus to the Romans, and Pomona, a Roman goddess of gardens and trees.

In Europe, it was customary to plant a pear tree at a wedding. The longevity and fruitfulness of the trees were thought to give strength to the marriage and children. As each child arrived, an apple tree was planted for every boy, and a pear tree for each girl.

The ancient Chinese, believed that the pear was a symbol of immortality because pear trees live for a long time. In Chinese the word "li", means both "pear" and "separation". For this reason, tradition says that to avoid a separation, friends and lovers should not divide a pear.

The Pear symbolizes Immortality and Woman

When I painted more, I did not paint still life all that much. I do not know why. As I am more and more devoted to photography exclusively, I seem to be drawn more and more to still life. These pears were some we picked on Sunday from a friend's tree. The fruit is not treated with any chemicals and they have a less then perfect surface making them all the more interesting to my eye.

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4x6 in an 8x10 Matte - $30.00, in an 8x10 frame - $60.00

5x7 in an 11x14 Matte - $45.00, in an 11x14 frame, $70.00

8x10 in a 13x16 Matte - $55.00, in a 13x16 Frame - $80.00

8.5x11 in a 13x16 Matte - $60.00, in a 13x16 Frame $90.00

8x20 in a 12x36 Matte - $70.00, in a 12x36 Frame $100.00

11x14 in an 18x24 Matte $90.00, in an 18x24 Frame $150.00

12x16 in an 18x24 Matte $100.00, in an 18x24 Frame $175.00

16x20 in a 22x28 Matte $125.00, in a 22x28 Frame $200.00

18x24 in a 24x30 Matte $150.00, in a 24x30 Frame $250.00

20x24 in a 24x30 Matte $200.00, in a 24x30 Frame $300.00


20x30 in a 26x34 Matte $250.00, in a 26x34 Frame $500.00

24x36 in a 30x40 Matte $300.00, in a 30x40 Frame $600.00


Note: 8.5x11 is discounted and 8x20 is for panoramas only.

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October 22nd, 2012

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