Wander and Paint — drawings

Painting Dragons: A Journey Back to Creativity - Part Deux

• acrylic painting • Antigua • drawings • Guatemala • Murals • slow travel • wanderlust

Painting Dragons: A Journey Back to Creativity - Part Deux

[...] The crows feet at the corner of his eyes deepened. To my chagrin, he was now grinning from ear to ear. Either he was ecstatic at returning back home, or he’d actually just read my mind. Well. At the very least he had a sense of humor...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Ostrich Fern Pizza

• cookbook illustrations • drawings • Food illustration • forage foods • Ostrich Fern • pencil sketches • slow food • Wild foods

100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Ostrich Fern Pizza

It was dark in the garden but I was hooked.

A friend of mine, a few years ago, introduced me to wood-fired ostrich fern pizza. Me and a group of friends had to hunt for the fiddle heads first throughout the garden, where there was barely any light left in the sky to illuminate the way-- and it was damp.

..but so worth the wait...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto and Polenta

• cookbook illustrations • drawings • Food illustration • forage foods • Meals • pencil sketches • Process drawings • Process sketches • Wild foods

100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto and Polenta

[...]. Even though I unfailingly destroy the crisp layer on the polenta squares every time I make them, I forever keep trying to achieve a perfect crispy skin. One day I will succeed - whenever I  finally dedicate time to do it right...

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Coup de Coeur: Fantastic Chalk - #4 Wallflour

• chalk board art • colorful • drawings • expressive artwork • graphic art • Hand-lettering • illustrated advertising • pastels • sunflowers • waffles • wanderlust

Coup de Coeur: Fantastic Chalk - #4 Wallflour

[...] The red ribbon-thing just packs a punch on this one as well. This cheeky playful take on the waffle + sunflower (flour) idea makes me smile. Wallflower… get it?...

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