Work in progress by Joke Frima

Joke Frima lives and works in France but is very internationally oriented and appreciated. She is a member of the Portrait Society of America and honored as ARC Living Master with which she belongs to a select group of top international realists. Her paintings are distinguished frequently and regularly exhibited in museums around the world.
   

Madrogno  is the name of this plant in Portugal, in English called strawberry tree (nothing to do with strawberries). The fruits are a bit prickly and red when not ripe and deep yellow when they are ripe. The small landscape above the still life is the valley where I found this shrubby Madrogno tree in Portugal.