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This was a lunch I had with my parents on the back terrace in the little place we stayed in Quarante, in Langedoc in France – the same village where the Blue Door is. I love the colors in the salad and wine and was intrigued to paint the reflections and shadows in the glasses and plates.
My mom encouraged me to replace the white plastic chairs in the background with something else. I found the idea for these chairs in a picture in a Provence cookbook. I really am more a journalist than an inventor, so the great challenge was making up the details of this change in composition. The most fun was painting the components of the salad – tomatoes, eggs, anchovies, black oil-cured olives. Yum.
August 2008
