the song of araca (fruit from Azores, Madeira, Brazil)

the song of araca (fruit from Azores, Madeira, Brazil)

50 x 40 x 5 cm, © 2006, price on request
Two-dimensional | Painting | Acrylic | on canvas

"the song of araçá", 2006 La chambre des couleurs - La salle orange - Acrylic on canvas, 40x50x5

Parts of my family originate from the Azores. I heard them tell about it so often.. so often.
My sister was yearnings for the Araçá, a fruit which only lives on the Azores. I have never seen it myself, much less tasted it, but I heard this yearning so often that it produced this image of a slightly wistful tune