During the 30 in 30 I really wanted to paint a
yellow pepper (for "Y", of course) and I've always wanted to paint
one of those darling mini-eggplants. At the farmer's market last Saturday they had both
so as fate would have it. . . . I don't
know anything about eggplant (other than some awesome Ratatouille I had in
Italy years ago) so I asked the farmer, "is there a name for these small,
beautiful ones?" After a bit of
discussion, we decided it would be called Purple Passion since they knew I was
just going to paint it. Ha, ha, clever
farmer. Credit where credit is due, it
came from the McCleaf's Orchard near Gettysburg, PA. I'm amazed at how
farmers and food artisans travel so far AND ready-for-business by 8:00 am on a Saturday!
I don't even want to think about how
early they start their day -- my grumblings about getting there before noon just
pales in comparison. My thanks to them
all.
Okay back to the painting part, the pepper and eggplant looked so
lonely that I decided to paint them as another complementary pair. How fun.
The yellow pepper was rather short and a tad on the orange side so I
hope it doesn't look like a pumpkin, seeing how it's October all of
a sudden! I love the shadow that spontaneously happened. The eggplant is a jewel of a subject and model.
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| Complementary pair - Yellow Pepper and Mini-Eggplant click here to bid |
Oddly enough, I also found a small heirloom pumpkin
that is an amazing shade of green so hopefully he'll get a shot in front of the
hot lights in the next few days.
Too long, but one more thing - I'm picking up the paintings from the show in Waterford this week and expect to put most back on auction.
Too long, but one more thing - I'm picking up the paintings from the show in Waterford this week and expect to put most back on auction.
