This painting is based on/inspired by the gorgeous image teapot with grapes / / by the lovely and talented Anna D’Accione / Thank you soooo much Anna for allowing me to use your image! This is the first image in a new series I have begun called the “Meditation Series”. Each painting in this new series will explore a different spiritual principle. While painting this image I paid very close attention to my breathing as I tried to let the art “happen” without resisting or trying to push and pull the paint. I surrendered to the process and this is the end result. I hope you enjoy this image and this new series. © AmandaGWright 2009.
Oil on canvans. / An early work and a little sour one, but some details satisfy me a lot
Winsor Newton Watercolor on Arches 140# coldpress
oil on canvas / 20×30 cm.
“Lemons” is part of the Series “Citrus” and is grouped with “Red Grapefruit” already posted here…. These larger than life fruit in the Citrus series celebrate not only the fruit, but texture…Maurice Dennis in discussing art said that “composition is more important than subject matter”, and that is often true of my work…I am more concerned with how the work is done, than what is portrayed..by now you know I do a varity of series, and that for me, nothing is too humble to be painted…Janis Watercolour on Gessoed Arches Paper From blossoms / released / by the moonlight, / from an / aroma of exasperated / love, / steeped in fragrance, / yellowness / drifted from the lemon tree, / and from its plantarium / lemons descended to the earth…Pablo Neruda / / /
Oil on stretched canvas 1000×1000 mm / Original artwork available for sale. The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing shrub growing to between five and eight metres tall. The pomegranate is native to Iran and has been cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times. The fruit holds great antioxidant values. My memories of childhood in South Africa and Namibia are filled with these wonderful pips. / Karoo, South Africa
watercolor, original was sold
Charcoal/Pastel on Canvas 50cm x 60 cm Study sketch of motion. Paul Horton Gallery
8×10.5 inches, watercolor, 2009. These lovely, shiny green peppers were also part of this year’s homegrown pepper crop.
This is a small coloured pencil drawing of two raw eggs in a deep blue bowl. Drawn on Colourfix Paper.
Watercolour on Fabriano Watercolour Paper. Loved the pattern here. Fiddly painting, but enjoyed it immensely. Done from a photo I took in the home of a Hmong woman, in Thailand.
Shown larger than actual size as this is an ACEO: Art, Card, Editions and Originals / This is a very small painting measuring 2.5 “x 3.5” or 9cm x 6.5cm. The size of a trading card / Painted on arches paper with watercolors.
Acrylic on Canvas
Apples done with watercolor pencils on 400w paper. / All proceeds from sales go to the American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Funds /
Sunday morning classic breakfast…blueberry pancakes dripping in Canada’s finest maple syrup…serve with a generous dollop of creme fraiche…bacon is optional WAtercolour on Fabriano Not Paper FEATURED IN BITS AND PIECES View the entire Delicious Collection including desserts at my Bubblesite by clicking HERE / Beans and Toast / P.B. Sliders / Chunky Sweet Potato Fries / Summer Journal..Eggs and Chips / Summer Journal..Pizza / Summer Journal…Beer
Watercolour (Winsor & Newton) on 140 lb. Arches cold press paper. Most of this is done using the negative painting method. I have never used it to do a still life before, but will certainly attempt more in the future.
Hot from the oven oozing cherry goodness, these pastries are soooo delicious..like their relatives the Apple and the Plum blossom, serve them warm with whipped or pouring cream, or even ice cream..I like them best with cream poured into the top where it mingles with the sticky fruit and runs down the sides…if you don’t want to make the cases from scratch, these are easily made with store bought pastry and cherry preserves…bake on parchment until golden…eat... Watercolour on Saunders Not Paper View the entire Delicious Collection including desserts at my Bubblesite by clicking HERE / Plum Blossom with Caramelized Apples and Calvados Cream
Watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb My interpretation of a M. Chavent’s drawing
acrylic painting on canvas,20×20cm
/ “Chocolate Cupcake with a Mocha Swirl is the latest in the Series “Delicious”...Watercolour on Arches Paper…see other’s from the series by clicking the links below… I love cupcakes and I make them a lot…this is one of my favourites…here is a little bit of cupcake lore. The term ‘cupcake’ is first mentioned in E. Leslie’s ‘Receipts’ of 1828. Breaking with tradition of weighing ingredients at this time they ingredients began to be measured in cups. According to “Baking in America” by Greg Patent, this was revolutionary because of the tremendous time it saved in the kitchen. “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America.” explains that the cup name had a double meaning because of the practice of baking in small containers — including tea cups. Cups were convenient because hearth ovens took a long time to bake large cakes. Gem pans, early muffin tins, were common in households around the turn of the 20th Century and cupcakes were baked directly in these. Throughout the 1900’s cupcakes became popular kids treats partly due to their ease in baking. In the early 1900’s Hostess introduced the snack cupcake, but it didn’t become the Hostess Cupcake we know today until the 1950’s. Many people associate cupcakes with the popularity of homemaking of the 1950’s and 60’s although this is an myth. Cupcakes were no more popular during that time period then they are today. More likely is that adults associate cupcakes with memories from their childhood. What is different today is that cupcakes have gone crazy. Traditionally they have been made for children in basic flavors. Today the cupcake has gone gourmet and is playful, hip and glamorous. Over the past few years cupcake bakeries have opened around the country with people waiting late at night on lines out the door. This craze is here to stay Crazy about cupcakes.com. 1081 Views / Cinnamon Bun / / Scone with Berries and Cream / / Lemon curd and Blueberry Tart / / Strawberry Tart / / Blueberry Tart
/ “Lemon Curd and Blueberry Tart” is part of the “Delicious” collection..Watercolour on Arches Not Paper… Featured in Light in the Darkness…. This new series is definitely a reflection of my particular experience… it is at once a commentary on the richness of our culture and at the same time a reflection of my daily life…food is essential to life…suffice it to say we can’t exist with out it ... Painting food has a long history and according to Kenneth Bendiner in the comprehensive “Food in Painting”, is a separate classification of Art…He “underlines the central importance of 16th century innovations in food subjects and the great influence of 17th century Dutch art in the development of food imagery”. / He explains, with examples of paintings by the likes of Rembrandt, Chardin, Manet, Warhol and many others, how “food images can be purely symbolic, surrealist, and an element in allegories…he also shows the optimistic, human centered Renaissance spirit of food painting, and the way abundance, success and fulfillment pervade this art”. “But the illusion fails, and time returns us / to noisy cities where the blue / is seen in patches, up between the roofs. / The rain exhausts the earth then; / winter’s tedium weighs the houses down, / the light turns miserly—the soul bitter. / Till one day through a half-shut gate / in a courtyard, there among the trees, / we can see the yellow of the lemons; / and the chill in the heart / melts, and deep in us / the golden horns of sunlight / pelt their songs”. excerpt…Eugenio Montale / / (Click image to link)
In his sumptuous exploration of food images (Food in Painting), Kenneth Bendiner states, that ” food for the art historian can be the one area where conscious rules and dignified ideas need not hold sway - the real urges and concerns of a painter or his society can rise to the surface. There’s a certain freedom in the margins of art - where experiments and indulgence can operate—in other words more can be learned about someone from his backyard, than from the street façade of his house.” The latest painting from the series” Delicious” is “Scone with Berries and Cream. The Berries are a type of black berry, available all year round here… Watercolour on Arches Paper…Featured in Happy Haven… I grew up in a society where tea time was sacrosanct… dashing into the house after school, at four o’clock in the afternoon straight to the table which tea was laid, was an everyday thing… the weather was hot and the tea was refreshing… after several cups, one felt at peace with the world. Clotted Cream came from England in jars or tins but my mother also whipped up a wonderful cream from the top of the milk that came straight to our home from a neighboring farm every day…dinner was much later on in the evening ... You and I are great souls. / And we come together for a time. / We meet over a cup of tea here on earth. Shall we leave our shell and join with each other? / Shall we put down our shield and armor? / What will become of us if we do? / What horrible fate awaits us if we are defenseless? Tea is a time for love and tenderness without fear. / It is a time for sharing and learning and growing. / Come now, leave the battle gear behind. / Brave with me and let’s have tea. E.Grey Watercolour on Arches Paper.. One day through a half-shut gate / in a courtyard, there among the trees, / we can see the yellow of the lemons; / and the chill in the heart / melts, and deep in us / the golden horns of sunlight / pelt their songs* The strawberry is rough like a slave’s arduous life / Vermillion, green, and fuzzy like an inscripted pathway / It tastes like the first candy bar in a child’s life / It looks like a cold soda on a hot summer day / Sounds like the Sirens decepting voice. (Click images to link) Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb, / Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum / In the cavernous pail of the first one to come! / And all ripe together, not some of them green / And some of them ripe! You ought to have seen ...
/ It is the simple indulgences in life that set us apart…that make us human…just think of the hot cup of coffee or tea, and the warm, softly glazed cinnamon bun waiting on a pretty plate at tea time or any time for that matter….I have placed mine simply on a mat….cut into it…pass a generous slice of it to your partner…there is enough for both….savour the sweet cinnamony goodness as it yields to your knife…Aah ... Did you know that October the 4th is Cinnamon Bun day in Sweden?...great idea I think…. “*Cinnamon Bun” is the 5th painting in the “Delicious” Collection…Watercolour on Arches Paper.. See the others in the Collection by clicking on the links below… / Scone with Berries and Cream Lemon curd and Blueberry Tart Strawberry Tart Blueberry Tart
/ In his sumptuous exploration of food images (Food in Painting), Kenneth Bendiner states, that ” food for the art historian can be the one area where conscious rules and dignified ideas need not hold sway ..the real urges and concerns of a painter or his society can rise to the surface. There’s a certain freedom in the margins of art – where experiments and indulgence can operate—in other words more can be learned about someone from his backyard, than from the street façade of his house.” Martha made these many years ago on her old show…I did my own take on it, making them thicker and chewier, with lots of sugar sprinkled on top…the top one was tested for flavour before painting... :)) Watercolour on Arches Not Paper… / Cheese and Blueberry Danish / / A Slice Of New York Cheesecake with Candied Pecans / / Chocolate Cupcake with a Mocha Swirl / / Cinnamon Bun / / Scone with Berries and Cream / / Lemon curd and Blueberry Tart / / Strawberry Tart / / Blueberry Tart
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