I found this manifesto over on the blog of Bre Pettis quite some time ago. It appealed to me then and it still appeals to me now. I don't know about you, but getting stuck instead of getting done is a recurring issue that I am working on playing with like a kaleidoscope. This collection of ideas on done makes me laugh and...

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Easy. Versatile. Rich. Filling. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 30cm acrylic and pen on canvas. As this recipe is all about the flavour of peanuts, this painting depicts the mythical peanut tree. Now as you might know, peanuts grow underground on the roots of a small bush. A bit like potatoes grow on the roots of the potato plant. That is why...

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Easy. Homely. Thrifty. Satisfying. *** Food painting artwork 25 x 30cm 190?gsm watercolour paper collage. Inspired by the texture of the pudding itself, we have triangles of bread and pieces of dried fruit, all made from paper and overlayed with a semi transparent sheet of paper hand lettered in coloured pencil with the actual recipe in a bold and magazine-layout influenced style. This...

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Photo by dugspr — Home for Good It has been a boon of a discovery to me to stumble across a cheap, simple and non toxic way of cleaning up my brushes and palette after a session of oil painting. I swear, I wasn't even looking, and when I did come across this, I could not believe just how straightforward this is. It's...

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Satisfying. Easy. Homely. Warming. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 30cm acrylic and pen on canvas. Inspired by illustrations of the children's book variety. A giant apple is the sole fruit of this apple tree. James and the Giant Peach? By the way, all the food painting artwork is available to own in the Official Art Store. *** The meatless meals recipe More...

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Homely. Hearty. Unusual. Easy. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 30cm acrylic on canvas. It's a whimsical olde worlde theme this time. This recipe reminds me of ingredients used a century ago. Apples were commonly stored over winter because they keep so well and cooking with apples was also common. Not only were there many varieties of eating apples but there was also...

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Easy. Chunky. Quick. Versatile. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 30cm acrylic on canvas. Some time ago I experimented with a technique I'd noticed in Egon Schiele's work (warning - link NSFW). Transparent overpainting of the background. I really quite like it. Last time I toyed with white over black. This time I'm toying with chromatic black over gold. And the theme this...

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Artist inspiration and artist influences. No biographies, dates or scholarly research here - this is a personal response to beauty in urban decay by Australian artist Fiona Morgan. Pic by designwallah - flâneur The original photography group that first turned my head and made my brain pop with the discovery of a world of artists fascinated with the concept of urban decay and...

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Quick. Easy. Versatile. Homely. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 24cm collage of cotton, paper, pen and gouache. Inspired by seeing asian vege bundles ready to sell that were all wrapped up in newspaper at asian grocery stores, and by the brush and ink style of traditional painting in countries such as China and Japan. By the way, all the food painting artwork...

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Quick. Easy. Versatile. Homely. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 24cm collage of cork, fabric, paper and pen. The inspiration for this was the patterns that are used in sewing. The connection for me is that this stock is the basis for so many dishes, just like a sewing pattern is the basis for so many garment creations. And also that this stock...

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It's Winter here, so what's the good news?Aside from finally raining this winter, unlike the past 11 or so, and not being too cold - yet, my business cards have arrived! Big yay. Very excited. They're actually a stamp. The perfect use for all those skinny lengths of canvas and lovely artist's papers that I end up with after cutting the main piece...

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Hearty. Chunky. Satisfying. Warming.  *** Food painting artwork 30 x 30 cm acrylic on canvas. The Ukrainian folk art of egg decorating, known as Pysanky, interpreted as a bowl of soup. By the way, all the food painting artwork is available to own in the Official Art Store. *** The meatless meals recipe As you may well be aware, Borscht is a Slavic...

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Filling. Rich. Homely. Satisfying. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 30cm acrylic on canvas. Originally when I was sketching this out I had Norman Lindsay's famous Magic Pudding in mind. All pen and ink and lines and beautiful paper. And then I was distracted with Joe Sorren's painterly backgrounds on some of his older work around 2003 and began thinking of colourful jam...

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Warming. Spiced. Moreish. Easy. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 24cm acrylic and pen on cotton. Heavily influenced by Medieval illuminated manuscripts which seemed rather appropriate for such an ancient and traditional winter potation. By the way, all the food painting artwork is available to own in the Official Art Store. *** The meatless meals recipe What better way to kick off the...

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Bye bye sun, Winter is here. *** Food painting artwork 30 x 30cm acrylic on canvas. Joyfully influenced by the lovely artwork of Natasha Wescoat, a contemporary American pop artist who I'm a fan of, known best for her jewelled trees series. By the way, all the food painting artwork is available to own in the Official Art Store and this particular image...

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