Lemon
oil on board
25.2 x 20.1 cm
External frame size: 24.5 x 29.4 cm
Hand-painted frame made by me
Ready to hang
A painting of a Meyer lemon based on an antique botanical illustration.
At the turn of the last century, American ‘agricultural explorer’ Frank Nicholas Meyer collected a sample of a native lemon plant on a trip to China, which was believed by him to be a hybrid of a lemon and a mandarin orange. He introduced it to the United States in 1908.
The Meyer lemon is commonly grown in garden pots as an ornamental tree. It is yellow and rounder than a true lemon. The skin is fragrant and thin, coloured a deep yellow with a slight orange tint when ripe.
Chef Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley rediscovered this fruit in the cuisine revolution of the 70’s, and it was further popularised by Martha Stewart when she began to include it in many of her recipes.
This painting would work particularly well hung above a kitchen counter, kitchen table, or as part of a collection of paintings making up a salon hang wall displaying a varied collection of artworks.
oil on board
25.2 x 20.1 cm
External frame size: 24.5 x 29.4 cm
Hand-painted frame made by me
Ready to hang
A painting of a Meyer lemon based on an antique botanical illustration.
At the turn of the last century, American ‘agricultural explorer’ Frank Nicholas Meyer collected a sample of a native lemon plant on a trip to China, which was believed by him to be a hybrid of a lemon and a mandarin orange. He introduced it to the United States in 1908.
The Meyer lemon is commonly grown in garden pots as an ornamental tree. It is yellow and rounder than a true lemon. The skin is fragrant and thin, coloured a deep yellow with a slight orange tint when ripe.
Chef Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley rediscovered this fruit in the cuisine revolution of the 70’s, and it was further popularised by Martha Stewart when she began to include it in many of her recipes.
This painting would work particularly well hung above a kitchen counter, kitchen table, or as part of a collection of paintings making up a salon hang wall displaying a varied collection of artworks.
oil on board
25.2 x 20.1 cm
External frame size: 24.5 x 29.4 cm
Hand-painted frame made by me
Ready to hang
A painting of a Meyer lemon based on an antique botanical illustration.
At the turn of the last century, American ‘agricultural explorer’ Frank Nicholas Meyer collected a sample of a native lemon plant on a trip to China, which was believed by him to be a hybrid of a lemon and a mandarin orange. He introduced it to the United States in 1908.
The Meyer lemon is commonly grown in garden pots as an ornamental tree. It is yellow and rounder than a true lemon. The skin is fragrant and thin, coloured a deep yellow with a slight orange tint when ripe.
Chef Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley rediscovered this fruit in the cuisine revolution of the 70’s, and it was further popularised by Martha Stewart when she began to include it in many of her recipes.
This painting would work particularly well hung above a kitchen counter, kitchen table, or as part of a collection of paintings making up a salon hang wall displaying a varied collection of artworks.