La Durée is a venerable Salon de Thé – tea house – in Paris. I took the photo that became this painting while on a trip there with Anne and Brad – my sister-in-law and nephew. This image has been calling to me to paint it as a companion to the...
I took a photo of these brightly colored eclairs in a fancy food shop called Fauchon on a trip to Paris in the late autumn of 2004 with my brother, Matt. When I saw the photo in the display of the camera, my first thought was “this would make a fun...
I made this tart for Father’s Day dinner 2007. Then I painted it. All that lusciousness. Painting it kicked my butt! The texture of the apricot skins through glaze, apricot jam spilling over bluberries with the blue coming through orange. How was I going to...
