Posts Categorized: Still Life

Oh memories of shellfish delights in France.

Glorious French radishes.

I love painting food and while recently housebound, this kept my interest and passed the time quickly.

I love reading David Lebovitz’s blog from Paris.  He posted a photo that was the inspiration for this very French bowl with fruit.

Thank you, David Lebovitz, for posting this great photo which was my inspiration for this painting.   Giclees (archival pigment prints) available.

A study in blue and water in a jar.

Another food painting, this time of Halibut.

Deconstructed radish salad, from a photo by a New York food photographer.   Giclees (archival pigment prints) available.

Working from a food photographer’s image, I found painting the fruit to be a rewarding challenge.   Giclees (archival pigment prints) available.

I love cheese in all its forms.  Voici French cheeses!   SOLD but giclees are available.

a fabulous meal at Chez Albert in Biarritz   SOLD  

A New Yorker article on a restaurant in New York City caught my eye.  The photograph by William Mebane was so intriguing in the juxtaposition of fabric flowers, fish and chips and pomegranates.  I needed a challenge and this image fulfilled the promise.

What glorious colors the morning brings to vegetables at the market in Paris.

A friend shared a photo from the New Yorker restaurant review of Pastis and since I love good moules with frites, voila…a painting.  However, I did exchange the martini for a glass of Sancerre.   SOLD

Damien, a fabulous baker and my French cousin, sent me a photo of his latest culinary triumph…it had to be painted if I couldn’t taste it myself.   SOLD

My favorite breakfast at the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay.   2nd Place, Marin County Fair, 2019 4th Place, Napa Town and Country Fair, 2019  

I love red currants and they remind me of French markets.  French cousin Damien’s photo was especially lush and appealing. A good exercise in painting round things! Special Award, Marin County Fair, 2018  

My son’s friend, Peter, posts on Facebook his purchases at the Farmer’s Market and while I didn’t love the composition, I thought this would be a good exercise in painting vegetables and fruits.

The raccoons have ravished the persimmon tree this year…every day more broken branches and half eaten persimmons.  This is what I salvaged, the little raccoon bites are on the top right persimmon – hopefully this is not a portent of things to come next year.   NFS

Peter posted a photo of what he bought at the farmers market and I was captivated by all the colors and textures.  I may never paint another orange though!

I was inspired by a group show of follow watercolorists entitled “Incredible Edibles” and felt while too late to enter this piece, I should paint something edible.  This persimmon was one of the few not eaten by the raccoons!

We had the most marvelous lunch at the Bon Marche restaurant in Paris after a blissful tour of the Grand Epicerie…what delights.  The coffee was beautifully served with a heart shaped sugar cube perched on the cup.  Oh to relive the experience!   SOLD