Apple Harvesting

Oil, 61 x 51 cm, April 2005

Camille Pissaro's ( 1830 - 1903 ) earlier works intrigue me , especially those done during his earlier days when he was still associating himself with the Impressionist. I like his style and the dabs of colour. In this patining, while the man seeked out the rippen fruits in the tree, the women gathered the fallen ones in baskets. It examines my view on codependency between man and woman, and in a wider context; that both sexes are born equal. While women are venturing into arena where it was once prohibited, men should also be allowed to play maternal roles without fallen into the trap of gender stereotyping.