Wander and Paint — slow food

New works: Edible Botanicals #1

• Abstract Painting • Atmospheric • Blue • Botanical Art • botanical illustration • colorful • Floral • foraged foods • hand-painted • pattern design • Pen and Ink • slow food • stylized • watercolor art

New works: Edible Botanicals #1

I started a new watercolor series a few months ago, I called it "Edible Botanicals". So far, I only have about two pieces in this series but I'm aiming for 10-12 at some point...

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Everyday Life #6 Fermented Radish

• art journals • colorful • cookbook illustrations • Editorial illustration • Food illustration • Gouache • hand-painted • Illustrated art journals • Kitchen Wall Art • Pen and Ink • Radish • recipe illustration • slow food • watercolor art journals • Wild foods

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

• art journals • Book Illustration • Breakfast recipes • cookbooks • Food illustration • Pen and Ink • recipe illustration • recipes • slow food • watercolor

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

• art journals • Breakfast recipes • cookbooks • Food illustration • Pen and Ink • recipe illustration • slow food • smoothie bowl • watercolor

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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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Weeds & Wildflowers Salad Recipe

• Atmospheric • edible weeds • Food • foraged foods • garlic chives • oxeye daisies • slow food • slow travel • visual journalism • watercolor • weeds • Wild foods

100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Weeds & Wildflowers Salad Recipe

[...] One requirement was that the resulting work had to either inform or visually explain an issue to a larger audience. As an organic, slow food and fresh food advocate, the concept for the "Wild Dining Illustrated" series crystallized after a few days of introspection focused...

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