BERRY TESTER
Berry Tester is an original acrylic painting and is part of my Thunder Skies Series. It is 24” x 36” and is set in a black floating frame, ready to hang.
Have you ever wondered, way back in humankind’s existence, when the gatherers were gathering, who would be the berry tester? Seems to me like an awfully dangerous job, because if the berries have never been tested before as a food source, how could they know if they were poisonous? Was it the brave members of clan societies that raised their hand to “volunteer as tribute”? Or was it the criminals of early society who were pressed into involuntary service in the name of a potential new food source?
This painting, with puffy, unthreatening clouds and sparsely red-leaved trees has nothing to do with berries. But when I look at those trees, with just the tips adorned in red, it reminds me of trees that bloom and shed red berries. And it gets me wondering again about the fate of many-a-past Berry Tester.
Berry Tester is an original acrylic painting and is part of my Thunder Skies Series. It is 24” x 36” and is set in a black floating frame, ready to hang.
Have you ever wondered, way back in humankind’s existence, when the gatherers were gathering, who would be the berry tester? Seems to me like an awfully dangerous job, because if the berries have never been tested before as a food source, how could they know if they were poisonous? Was it the brave members of clan societies that raised their hand to “volunteer as tribute”? Or was it the criminals of early society who were pressed into involuntary service in the name of a potential new food source?
This painting, with puffy, unthreatening clouds and sparsely red-leaved trees has nothing to do with berries. But when I look at those trees, with just the tips adorned in red, it reminds me of trees that bloom and shed red berries. And it gets me wondering again about the fate of many-a-past Berry Tester.
Berry Tester is an original acrylic painting and is part of my Thunder Skies Series. It is 24” x 36” and is set in a black floating frame, ready to hang.
Have you ever wondered, way back in humankind’s existence, when the gatherers were gathering, who would be the berry tester? Seems to me like an awfully dangerous job, because if the berries have never been tested before as a food source, how could they know if they were poisonous? Was it the brave members of clan societies that raised their hand to “volunteer as tribute”? Or was it the criminals of early society who were pressed into involuntary service in the name of a potential new food source?
This painting, with puffy, unthreatening clouds and sparsely red-leaved trees has nothing to do with berries. But when I look at those trees, with just the tips adorned in red, it reminds me of trees that bloom and shed red berries. And it gets me wondering again about the fate of many-a-past Berry Tester.