Vegetable Madness

We've had a lot of rain in the last few days. Although it is not the best weather for our farming operation, having grown up on the rainy BC coast, I find this weather soul soothing. Over the last two days, I have spent a lot of time on my artwork. Intensely creative times like this are cherished. Real life falls away and I dive into colours and lines, and deliciously lose all sense of time. 

Today, I started with lemons. I created a four-series set of simple gouache paintings. It was something I did for an exercise and, as my instructor at USCAD said, "do not be afraid to create crap...not everything has to be worthy of hanging on a wall". The lemons were not worthy. Will try something else lemony tomorrow.

After the lemon failure, our weekly vegetable delivery arrived. A local family operates a market garden and delivers a crate of gorgeous veggies to our door once a week. Pure heaven! The veggies arrived, delicately sprinkled with rain, and the colours and shapes screamed to be captured in paint. I grabbed my camera, snapped some photos, and have spent the rest of the day working on watercolour veggies. And then I sliced some up for dinner. The best of both worlds.