Crystal Apple and Fig Leaves
Paula Lloyd
- Medium
United States
ca. 2019
Oil on canvas
Lloyd’s Crystal Apple and Fig Leaves references the tree of knowledge. The crystal fruit has many facets, refracting light and enlarging images, giving a beautiful, illusory, tempting, and superficial glow. It is paired with fig leaves, marked with brown spots, a reference to the vulnerability of Adam and Eve after they partook of the fruit, as well as the eventual decay of all living things as a result of the Fall. While a result of disobedience, the outcome set the stage for mortality, “for which I am grateful!” said Lloyd.