love the image, the texture and the colours, mark - welcome back.

Very beautiful painting my dear friend, love also the colours in this. Excellent done and also welcome back.

Don't worry about comments my friend. I like your comments but I like your paintings a lot so If you have not enough time just show us your art. Fantastic image!!!!

Yes, I say as lyron. It is so wonderful to see you are uploading your beautiful art again. I nissed it so and I sure apreciate, that you let us comment it too, no matter if YOU got time or not to comment. This one is a special wonderful peace in my eyes, as I see a wonderful fruit in the abstract. Something to rest my eye on. A really gorgeous image Mark. Need I say I love it? Welcome back my friend. :-)

A pear in a purple forest! What a delight! Wonderful to see you back, Mark!

So glad to see you here again,mark!! Don´t worry about comments..your art and you are much more important!!But i love your comments,a lot,you know and all of us!You did again a beautiful work of art to begin your return,Mark:I love the colours and the textures and the golgen light in the pear shinnnig and shinning..I´m with Andrea.."a pear in a purple forest!!Wonderful Mark!!Welcome!

Mark this is a beautiful and moving image my friend. It is such a heartfelt dedication to your friend and his family and I am so sorry for your loss. I'm so glad I saved your image for last before I leave on my trip as I wouldn't feel right commenting on another right now. Take care Mark and feel stronger my friend

I'm so sorry to hear you have lost a dear friend and the world has lost a precious artist. This is such a unique artwork, the pear so delicate against the vivid splash of forest, creating a very interesting contrast, as if to show we are all vulnerable against the forces of nature. Glad you are feeling well enough to come back, and looking forward to your splendid art. CC

Oh... that is stunning. The pale yellow fruit jump out joyfully, out of the burgundy purple hues that seem to hang heavily like cloth. I hope all is well beyond what we read here. Welcome back.

So sorry to hear of your friend's passing, Mark. Please take care, and thanks for sharing your art with us again.

I got so lost looking at this, trying to fathom the depth you achieved. After a while I thought, "gosh - it's like looking into a forest - it goes back forever!" Then I had to laugh, because I'd forgotten your title. :) This is a gorgeous image! I'm sorry to hear about your friend. I know grief creates depth, but right about now I bet you're feeling like you're plenty deep enough. Hang in, my friend, and only do what you can comfortably do.

A fantastic image and beautiful dedication to your friend. I'm so happy to see you posting art again, that's the most important thing!

What a stunning and compassionate tribute to your friend. This kind of loss is so hard, and it takes time and energy to heal, so, continue to conserve your strength and don't pressure yourself in any way. Of course it's great to see you back here and creating again. I always love reading your comments at all the galleries because you're so insightful and the more I see your presence out here, the more I realize how soulful you are. I also know that it takes a lot to be able to comment so well so regularly, so please take your time. Art is healing, isn't it? How optimistic this is. I see the pear, a symbol of your friend's art and therefore your friend as a kind of life force that feeds and inspires us. I see this coming from and returning to a brilliant forest of so many colors, and shades. There's so much depth here with veils of colors and lines and movement--like a walk in the woods that keeps going deeper the longer I look. I like how the texture reminds me of a painting. The colors, or strokes dripping like paint, or tears, or even rain would in turn purify the body, give life to the canvas, or nourish the forest and make everything grow again. I therefore imagine this to be a portrait of the life cycle and the creative energy in nature. I love art because it opens up our minds. We each find our own interpretation and the process of creation is often so liberating. It's a gorgeous work of art that I'm sure will be appreciated and remembered by your friend's family and friends for the rest of their lives. I wish you all peace.

quite a wonderful dedication, mark, and so wonderful too to see you back showing you work and thoughts! i'm sorry for your loss, all the more i can see how much your friend meant to you, i wish you strenght and peace on this way. and never the less how sad it is, your beautiful image gives comfort, it even makes me smile, because there is a lot of love in there!

This stopped me in my tracks, it's so lush and deep and full of life and color. It's a beautiful tribute to your friend, though nothing can fill the hole in your soul. Know you're loved here, Mark. Take VERY good care.

Beautiful...

Looks like the pear is in front of drapery or curtains.Nice blending of techniques and a beautiful sentiment towards a friend who has passed.

Very nice image. Great colours, textures and style! Excellent artwork.

Other than echoing all the comments above in re your friend and your composition, fabulous neon effect of the pear & leaves against the variegated magenta background, Mark!

Such a beautiful image and tribute to your friend. Full of love and beauty. I'm sorry for your loss and hope your heart will heal and mend. I know it takes a while, but time does heal. I know from personal experience. Hugs my dear friend.

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. This is a beautiful tribute and I know it will be a memory held in the heart for years to come. Beautiful work!

Lovely work and an excellent homage to your friend.

Mark you have converted me for sure, I am loving this, it really is such an intelligent artwork. Looking at it you just know that the artist knew just exactly what he was doing, welcome and welcome again back to us, so pleased that you feel able to be here again, hugs Jane xx

Beautiful creation, excellent colors…