I’ve been drawing a lot of houses lately, doing the projects in the Urban Sketch Plus course. But once in a while I take a break from buildings and return to an old love – food. Today I’ll share a few food paintings along with a couple of light ditties—also food-related.
“Croissant & Berry Picnic” was drawn and painted for an Urban Sketch Plus “Picnic” challenge in August. Hopefully we’ll have a little more picnic weather before the autumn rains take charge
Busted
I snuck some cookies
ate them in bed
Mom found the crumbs
my face was read.
© Violet Nesdoly
When I saw a display of inexpensive bamboo boards in the local dollar store, I took one home, prepped it with a protective coat of acrylic medium and painted a charcuterie spread on it.
Project
I’m trying out new morning food
Alpha Bits, Bran and Cheerios
each week I buy a different box
of breakfast food in serial.
© Violet Nesdoly
Our friend Michael raises chickens on his property in Sechelt. From time to time he gifts us with cartons of eggs. They are eggs of the most beautiful rich colours, which i can’t help but photograph and last week, attempted to paint.
Cost of Rebirth
Consider the egg
how it hides life
within a calcium cocoon
protects and nourishes
the chick within
until too large
restless and strong
pecks free
destroys its home
egg now mere shell
of former self
becomes nest detritus
Consider the egg
how it sustains life
surrenders to boil, scramble
stir, whip, mix
while we gain strength
from eating deviled
baked in cake
or drunk in nog
egg disappears
into our very DNA
of course we throw
the shells away
© Violet Nesdoly
I hope your autumn is going well! I’m busy, getting ready for shows and a sale on November 1st. If you’re in the area, we’d love for you to visit us at the Fort Langley Hall between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
