Apricot Tree

'Study for an Apricot tree' by Martin Poppelwell, a NZ artist based in the Hawkes Bay.
Oil on canvas.
This image immediately evokes a reaction of lighthearted emotion before I even notice that it is a tree. I enjoy that it is abstracted into squares of all sorts of greens and the wonderful red ladder allows you to make up your own story  of its subject. 
It is a definite favourite  because of the intensity of colour and directness of  image.

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