An Apple A Day
An Apple a Day
This included drawing, watercolors, collage, sculpture, photographs, and digital paintings on my iPad. I completed the experiment on February 5, 2016, successfully creating 365 individual works of art, resulting in a trove of conceptual and visual possibilities for future development. This project was widely published and became the topic of a presentation at a TEDx conference.
On February 5, 2015, I quickly painted two Granny Smith apples. I posted this on Instagram and titled it “An Apple a day. No. 1.” I decided this would be a daily "art drill” to see how many variations on this theme I could create. I pledged to explore the possibilities for an entire year.
Why the apple? There are over 7500 varieties, and as a universal symbol, it is irony-free and loaded with good meaning. The form
is simple, encouraging broad experimentation in material
and technique.
