This is the second of the pomegranate images I've created this year, trying to capture the jewel-like vibrancy of the interior of the fruits making careful strokes with my scratching tools, then hand-colouring the finished image with translucent inks.
Botanically-speaking, pomegranates are berries. True berries are fleshy fruits that come from a single flower with one ovary and typically have several seeds. Pomegranate fruit fall into this group. The dry outer covering (husk) of pomegranate fruit is made up of two layers: a hard outer layer called a epicarp and an inner, soft layer called a mesocarp. The inner mesocarp forms distinct, non-symmetrical chambers containing seeds with a fleshy covering (aril).
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All images are available as high quality prints on non-archival paper or on ready-to-hang stretched canvas.
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Botanically-speaking, pomegranates are berries. True berries are fleshy fruits that come from a single flower with one ovary and typically have several seeds. Pomegranate fruit fall into this group. The dry outer covering (husk) of pomegranate fruit is made up of two layers: a hard outer layer called a epicarp and an inner, soft layer called a mesocarp. The inner mesocarp forms distinct, non-symmetrical chambers containing seeds with a fleshy covering (aril).
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Visit my online gallery for more images of botanical works, animals and birds, historical buildings and places in Cape Town and beyond.
All images are available as high quality prints on non-archival paper or on ready-to-hang stretched canvas.
Click here for prices.
Contact me:
by phone/whatsapp on +27 79 247 7532
by email to [email protected]
