[lolyton]

I think the images people display show a good insight into their personality...LOL.
Also people that go on holiday generaly come back to the people they left, so it all catches up.
Having said that, the reason you did it and the image you have displayed i can'y really find fault with. If it looks as seamless big as it does samll then a job has been done well, and i'm sure your students will have learned a lot from you.
As things that come to mind go....If there is a hand holding up the apple, what is holding up the peeler (maybe a mute point, but the way my mind works). Also the peeler's colour is just a little to heavy for me.
Other than that as a surrealist image it works by fact of it being surreal and done to what appears a high standard.