Posts Tagged ‘food art’
They Draw and Cook is a blog featuring inspired illustrated recipes and food art. Cooked up by professional illustrators Nate Padavick and Salli Swindell, the idea blossomed while the two were on a family vacation and Nate threw together a pasta dish based on a meal he once had in Berlin. Said dish included figs. Salli bought the figs. She began painting them. Food fused with art. From there the pair set out to create an illustrated recipe book, which also became a blog featuring yummy artwork by talented artists all around the world. A new delicious post is added daily and there’s now a separate Kids Draw and Cook blog for aspiring food lovin’ artists 16 and under. Bon Appétit!
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Sarah Kaufmann is also known as “The Cheese Lady”. With 16 years of experience working in the dairy industry, Sarah has made the medium her own, carving up notables like a 300-pound gorilla and a six-foot-long cheddar gator for the University of Florida! Although Sarah usually creates her cheese sculptures in her San Diego and Cincinnati studios, she can also be found sculpting cheese in person at festivals, fairs, and other special occasions. I don’t think I could bring myself to bite into one of Sarah’s lovely creations.
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Veerakeat Tongpaiboon is a prolific painter originally from Thailand who now calls the San Francisco area home. Among some of my favorite subjects by Veerakeat are his luscious sushi, and colorful edibles. Painting around 250 paintings a year, and roughly 1-2 a day, Veerakeat admits that only about 20% of them end up in galleries, while the rest end up being completely painted over!
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Love this unique site, where each click brings an animated fresh chalk sketch, complete with sound effects. The faint impression of the previous sketch is even subtly left behind on the chalkboard. See it for yourself at: starbuckscoffeeathome.com
Wayne Thiebaud is one of my absolute favorite artists, and I had the chance to see his latest exhibit Wayne Thiebaud 70 Years of Painting at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, which closed this weekend. The works were stunning. Imagine walking into a room of painted delicatessen goodies that look so delicious your stomach audibly grumbles. Gazing at the pies, cakes, and donuts in the painted bakery counters made me seriously want to run off for pastries after the show. There were bananas bursting with so much color they looked practically jewel encrusted. Candied apples were painted with such deep reds they seemed to drip right off their sticks. The cheeses were life-sized creations with paint so buttery I wanted to devour it. And the landscapes! The landscapes were a dizzying collection of crooked San Francisco streets that dropped off at impossible angles and wild curves, making you feel as though you were about to tip over.
A prolific painter born in 1920, with hundreds of paintings to his name, Thiebaud is often grouped with the pop art movement, although one look at his paintings is all it takes to tell that he is truly in a category of his own. With his use of intense colors and deep shadows that almost seem to form their own shapes, Thiebaud’s work is amazingly beautiful.
Shay Aaron, a talented artist from Israel, makes the most amazing miniature food art jewelry. The sheer precision and skill that goes into crafting each of his tiny pieces of art must be astounding. The food items he sculpts show off his sense of humor—from hot dogs and scrambled eggs, to udon and cupcakes—Shay Aaron’s food imagination is certainly immense. A real treat for foodies is that almost all his food miniatures are wearable pieces of jewelry!
Check out more of Shay’s work at flickr.com and etsy
What’s not to love about plush sushi?! It’s just so cute. This genius creation is by Amy Ortiz, the founder of T&A friendly. She also makes plush steaks, fortune cookies and taxidermy creatures. Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA is hosting a workshop on making plush items with her in early December.
In Amy Ortiz’s words: “Established in 2005, T&A was originally a collaborative team dedicated to blowing off some steam through the creation of outrageous installations. In 2006, “Friendly” was added to the title and the project took on a life of its own. This is a place where a bit of tack and influences from Martha Stewart, no less, all blend together to bring you the best designs in Art, plush, home decor and anything else I want to take on.”
