Wander and Paint — slow food

Atmospheric Hackberry Watercolor

• berries • Botanical Art • botanical illustration • Editorial illustration • foraged foods • Fruit • leaves • Magical Realism • packaging illustration • Pen and Ink • Playing Cards • slow food • surface pattern • watercolor art • Watercolor Illustrations • yellow

Atmospheric Hackberry Watercolor

[...]. This is the first one of two cards for a possible outdoor plant identification table top game that (very) loosely teaches about foraging for wild edible foods [...]

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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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