eat your beets!

Beets have always been a favorite veggie of mine. I found this fun website with a recipe I hope to make this week. Here's the link in case you are a beet lover, too! Do you have any favorite beet recipes?
This original 6"x6" oil painting is available, unframed, for $100 in my Etsy shop here.

beets

Here are a few beet fun facts:

One of the earliest known benefits of the red beet is its use as an aphrodisiac during the Roman times. And it wasn’t all folklore, as it has been found to contain high amounts of boron, which is directly related to the production of human sex hormones. 

Beets contain betaine, a substance that relaxes the mind and is used in other forms to treat depression. It also contains tryptophan (also found in chocolate), which contributes to a sense of well being.
So by all means, eat more Beets!

Check out this fun website, Love Beets for more!

This original 6"x6" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is available, unframed, for $100 in my Etsy shop here.

cherry tomatoes

This is my day 5 painting in Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days (you can check out the challenge here). I've participated several times in the last couple of years and I really enjoy doing it with other artists. I paint really early in the morning, before work, still have kids at home, and I make the effort to fit it in, so there's no excuse. Anyone can fit what the love into their day, no matter how busy they are. Even though I paint almost every day, it's almost impossible for me to accomplish 30. I'll give it my best effort though, or have lots of fun trying!

This original 6"x6" oil painting on ⅛" gesso panel is sold, unframed, for $100 here.

fun bunch

I am always looking for painting inspiration, either in my travels, in what friends post on instagram or Facebook, or when I get the opportunity to look through the photos on their phones (especially great when the friend is a photographer!). This is from my friend Lori's photos on her phone taken at a wonderful outdoor market, where she has a honey stand on Sunday mornings. I mostly paint from photos, just because it is so very time efficient...since I only paint for an hour or so at 5 or 6 am. Tomorrow I hope to try painting at a Plein Air event here in Lancaster. I am so looking forward to it, but I've never done it before...I think I'm up for the challenge. If what I end up with isn't awful, I will share it.