art treatise
fruitful VIRGINIA WRIGHT-FRIERSON
By Amanda Lisk
WHEN her husband brought home a bag full of bright yellow lemons, Virginia
Wright-Frierson arranged them in one of her mother’s French Quimperware
bowls and brought them to her studio.
“I said, ‘I need to paint these lemons before we use them.’ I put a real strong
light on them, I love strong shadows, I really wanted them to pop,” she says.
Wright-Frierson is a celebrated Wilmington artist and award-winning author and illustrator of
children’s books. Her painting of lemons entitled French Bowl with Lemons is part of a series of
fruits and vegetables and produce markets Wright-Frierson says is ongoing.
Wilmington artist Virginia Wright-Frierson with a work-in-progress. Opposite: French Bowl with
Lemons, 36 x 36 inches, oil on canvas.
ALLISON POTTER
54 august 2022
WBM
