A work of terrific realism by Louis Tedesco, showing his prowess with nine different types of fruit, all perfectly rendered. The watermelon looks as though you could pick it out of the painting and bite right into it, and the banana practically jumps off the surface of the canvas. It is difficult to find contemporary painters who are trained well enough in academic, old-school oil painting to pull this sort of painting off. Painted on a masonite panel, 19"h x 31"w (16.75"h x 29"w unframed)