“One of the best things about art is the wine and
friends that I always share it with”
-Kielty W.
“A good painting to me has always been like a
friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires”
- Hedy Lamarr
I have no doubt that the
artists of Wine Art Wednesday could run the world. These individuals work impossibly long days while still finding time to paint amazing artwork and meet up with friends on a weekly basis. And not to mention, they cook the
best food I’ve ever had!
After a holiday hiatus, it was wonderful to see
everyone full of their usual positive energy and great stories.
The dinner menu:
Wine
Toasted baguette with Sicilian sea salt, olive oil, red
pepper topped with goat cheese
Wine
Slow roasted Brussels sprouts
Sliced sweet carrots
Cauliflower kofti
Coconut fish curry
Wine
Risotto
Braised chickens feet
Freshly baked apple crisp
Homemade Baileys
The
menu is creative. It sets the stage for the original silly conversation(s), and
eventually, the actual painting. This week we ate chicken’s feet. Why? Well,
why not? We eat liver, breast, wings, legs. Why not the feet? They were
delicious and I cannot wait to have them again. The Thai coconut fish curry had
large pieces of cod and slices of avocado. If you don’t think you would like it, think
again. In fact everyone loved it so much that there was literally nothing left
in the green Le Creuset.
The picture that you are seeing below is the
official inventory of the paintings from the past year. About 10 or so
paintings were removed to be painted over and another 10 or so were sold. As we
edited our stock of paintings, conversation turned to potentially traveling as a group to
Paris and new topics that inspire us to paint.
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In each blog post we like to showcase a little about our artists so here's a little bit more about me, Gabrielle:
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Ecology abstracts and reports
-
5th grade homework and
laboratory packets
Seriously. Those are the only things that I have
time for. Either I am spending my energy on various ecology papers to keep
myself as informed as possible of my field. Or I am grading various assignments
from my 90 students on their science comprehension. To be honest, I really
would not want to be doing much else. I love learning about new field
work/research and the progress of my students. Both are quite gratifying.
Art that I love…
I am having a bit of a
love affair with ink right now. There is something so beautiful about just
seeing the shape in each piece. Yes, yes, the pictures that usually catch my
eye are animal related, but look at the detail in that zebra!!
I actually have these.
I bought them for myself, well for my mother buy I kept them, before Christmas.
I love the simplicity and functional art aspect of these little egg calendar
pieces. I am excited to figure out how to use them when the year is over.
Wood sheep postcards?
Yeah. This is whimsical and ecofriendly. A great way to reuse postcards AND the
wood is from a sustainable cedar forest. The only reason why I have not
purchased these items is because I have no use for postcards! I wish I did.
I often times have my students set
daily, weekly and monthly goals for themselves. To make myself vulnerable for a
second, I am going to share with you my (resolutions) goals for 2013:
1. Paint higher
quality work at WAW
2. Tell people
consistently their importance in my life
3. A serious
relationship
4. Be (even
more) adventurous with my recipe making
With the support from the WAW crew I am excited to
take on 2013 with homemade liquors, beautiful art and our fall trip to Paris.
