Wander and Paint — Food illustration

Destination Diaries: French Meadow Cafe & Bakery - Minneaopolis

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Destination Diaries: French Meadow Cafe & Bakery - Minneaopolis

Nomad Log:

"Some time back in May, I headed over to one of my favorite haunts on Lyndale Ave for some comfort food. This elegant and funky place serves the best fish tacos I've ever had outside of Mexico, in huge ...huge...portions!

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Everyday Life #6 Fermented Radish

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Everyday Life #6  Fermented Radish

[...]Between research, ideation, material and final rendering, the entire creative process took seven active hours to complete over two days....

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KITCHEN MAGIC: Illustrated Interactive Cookbook - Banana Au Chocolat

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KITCHEN MAGIC: Illustrated Interactive Cookbook - Banana Au Chocolat

In the second sample page in for the digital cookbook , I paint in watercolor and ink a recipe that includes one common "waste" ingredient.

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KITCHEN MAGIC: Illustrated Interactive Cookbook - Morning Matcha Smoothie

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KITCHEN MAGIC: Illustrated Interactive Cookbook - Morning Matcha Smoothie

[...] I ended up going back to a looser, urban sketchy style of watercolor, pen and ink to put ideas on paper quickly. I started developing this style during my urban sketching escapades with Twin-Cities Urban Sketchers, in Minneapolis and later in Boston...

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For Immediate Release: Foraged Food Will Overcome

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For Immediate Release: Foraged Food Will Overcome

[...]WE SHALL OVERCOME EXHIBITION. Wednesday February 5, 2020, Woburn, Massachusetts.

Five food illustrations from Artist Patricia Jacques’ watercolor collection on foraging, “Wild Dining,” have been selected for a “Les Femmes Folles” online exhibition series. This collection of luminous watercolors, which represents resilience and practical self-care, was chosen in response to a LFF’s prompt, “We Shall Overcome...”

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