I had lunch with my parents on the back terrace in the place we stayed in Quarante, in Langedoc in France – the same village where 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 we sat on. I found the idea for these chairs in a picture in a Provence cookbook.
The most fun was painting the components of the salad – tomatoes, eggs, anchovies, black oil-cured olives. Yum.
August 2008 – 16″x30″ – Watercolor on paper
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