The Bowl of Cherries was my most successful painting so far. It sold right away, there were lots of positive comments (thank you!) and my artist-friend, Cindy Morawski, liked it so well as to want a print for her kitchen! And I always thought that I was not good at Still Life....
Well, we had some delicious figs from the tree in our backyard and even before I posted the painting on the website, I thought about painting them. When the cherries were sold, I just had to. I do love figs. The first fresh ones I ever had were the purple ones in the South of France and I remember how impossible it seemed to associate their taste with the dried figs I had hitherto known.
Another artist-friend, Irena Bowren, has generously provided us with tasty figs from her yard this summer. Thank you! I don't know why, but all of us, Gabriel, Gerald and myself were craving figs this year!
The Fiesta Poster contest over, it turned out my design was not chosen. It is not to be wondered at, proba
bly, since I absolutely chose to please myself. There is a story about it. The 2 cats are the inhabitants of the wonderful garden of the Schultze House in Hemisphere Park, San Antonio (figuring on the design with the beautiful poppies in its garden). The poster celebrates that in 2012 San Antonio will be a no-kill city and that thanks to the Trap, Neuter, Return program many feral (and less feral cats) can live out their lives happily in green areas in the city. I have dreams of my poster being used to raise money for SARA Sanctuary or another good cause. But for starters I will put it on the website.
