Painting tomatoes with their interesting shapes and colors is a lot more fun for me than eating them. There I said it and yeah I know that’s ironic since I’ve created multiple paintings featuring tomatoes and I’m painting a huge four foot tomato for the local Tomato Sandwich Festival. Why invest all the time if I don’t like to eat them raw? Well, it’s complicated. Maybe it’s not really. I don’t like the texture of tomato slices. Especially the gooey insides. Plum tomatoes I like just fine. I’ve realized as I’ve gotten older and tried more types of tomatoes that a high quality garden tomato with some salt is very nice. Salsa with chips though? Perfection.
The four foot tomato I’m painting will be auctioned off on July 27th. I’m not sure yet if there will be an online option, I’ll update this post if there is. Below is a gallery of paintings inspired by tomatoes. It’s kinda cool to see them all together like this. Is there a vegetable (or fruit) that is your nemesis? A dreaded foe from your childhood? Let me know!
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Heirloom Tomatoes, Red Onion and Garlic #01, Original Painting in Oils on Linen, 14 x 11 inches$300 -
Heirloom Orange Tomato (Orange you glad I’m a Tomato), Original Painting in Acrylic on 20 x 24 inch Stretched Canvas$500 -
Juicy Bumps Heirloom Tomato #01, Original Painting in Acrylic on 14 x 11 inch Stretched Canvas$300
Prints and cards are also available! Contact me about 5×7 or 8x 10 prints on paper, or special sizes on paper, metal and canvas.