Since my family is once again participating the
Decatur Organic Farmer's Market- my Dad and brother have an
organic farm where they're growing hundreds of tomatoes, leeks, garlic, squash and more...and I'm once again spending tons of time creating prepared foods!
It's a good thing I love baking!
So, I thought I'd better start including our doins' and goings on with the market here on my blog or it might be a reaaaallly long time before you hear from me again!.
There is simply no way to take that much time out of painting and continue to be able producing art at a regular pace! It's ok though- this is really important to me too:)
So, anywhoo- what *I've* been doing for the market......Bill and I pretty much grow veggies and herbs for our own personal use, and since Ben and my Dad pretty much produce mainly veggies, what *I* do is buy fresh local organic seasonal fruits and transform them into
tarts, preserves, mini cheesecakesglazed with said preservesand compotes.
Last fall, they were very popular, and I was CRAZY busy with it- we generally could sell as much as I could produce which is a good thing, but does tend to add chaos to an already busy life.....because I had a show coming up, and the growing season was pretty much over, we decided to take the winter off. But now that it's spring, here we are again!
Right now strawberries are in season, so that's what I'm working with.........
Carmelized Strawberry Preserves, Peppered Balsamic Strawberry preserves, Fresh Strawberry Tarts, Strawberry Rhubarb Tarts and Mini-Cheesecakes glazed with- you guessed it strawberry preserves! I feel a little like
Bubba-Gump's shrimp factory from Forest Gump...anyone besides me remember that movie?
Oh and lest anyone think I'm not painting at all, here's a WIP of my new painting with my muse who decided to pose with said painting! I actually took this picture on Monday- now I'm almost done and hopefully I'll have time to finish today and post final images tomorrow.....lord willin' and the creeks don't rise as they say around here ;D
cheers,
Stephanie
