Japanese Garden - Glass Cutting Board kitchen art and painted a whole bunch

and painted a whole bunch of studies on small pieces of watercolor paper

and feel that it captures the joyous abundance of flowers and friendship that evening

I hang it upside down to give it a more surreal and dramatic look

This is a Japanese Maple that lives in my front yard and I watch it go through many metamorphoses throughout the seasons

and I hope it captures the joyous abundance of flowers and friendship

Japanese Garden - Glass Cutting Board kitchen art and painted a whole bunchThe watercolor was painted while sitting in someone's garden just after harvest time, as the tomatoes were beginning to dry up on the vine. I painted right onto the page with no drawing, feeling into the curvy lines of the vegetables and vines. It was a very intuitive piece. As a glass cheese or bread board, it adds a colorful, artsy look to the kitchen. It can be stored by a window, giving it a stained glass effect. This tempered glass 11x 15 cutting