Dragonfruit Right

Here is the second in my little Dragonfruit series.  This painting better shows the inside of the fruit.  Believe it or not, the inside color really is this crazy fuchsia color that I thought only existed in a Crayola box.  When you open it up, it also has hundreds of tiny little black seeds.  This is nothing like watermelon seeds.  As far as I know, you just ignore them and eat them.  Gives it a bit of a crunchy flavor.  

Dragonfruit Mania!

I have been having so much fun with the fruit I got this week.  One of the first fruits that I found when I visited Singapore last summer was this crazy creation - Dragonfruit.  Between this and Rambutan, I am wholly convinced that much of what was going on in Dr. Seuss's head was not some LSD-lanced dream, but based on some things that you can actually find here on Earth.  Besides being some of the most beautifully colored fruit I have ever seen, I just love how organic and "out there" the fruit is.

This painting is of one that has not yet been cut in half.  They truly are a beautiful hot pink color with lime green spiky tips.  I remember my mother telling me something about how garish nature is, and when you are bringing things into your home, they can't be as saturated.  I can see her point, but everything in moderation, in my opinion.  I certainly wouldn't paint a room the color of a dragonfruit, but you could throw in a cushion or two!