Sharing Art and Good Things

"When sharing something between artists/makers, you're sharing more than just an object/painting. You're sharing hundreds of hours of failures and experimentation, You're sharing days, weeks and months of frustration and moments of pure joy. You aren't just sharing a thing, you're sharing a piece of heart, part of a soul, a moment of someone's life. Most of all, you're giving the artists more time to share something they're passionate about." 

I spent all day yesterday trying to create a still life art piece and then trying to make up my mind which one was the most pleasing - at least to me. I have decided. I actually created 14 different versions then threw out most of them.

I took the original photo when I visited my daughter in NJ - Well I actually took several shots at different angles and lighting after she had gone to the garden and picked them. The family was chuckling at how fussy I was, arranging, bending, stretching, moving the bowl, and so forth just to get a nice photograph.

This is the original I chose to work with.

This is my first change.

Then I made 14 more versions.

Here are the "finalists."

Textured

Textured and scrambled.

Textured with color swirl added.

Textured with two colored swirls added.

And the choice is - 

Un-textured with only one colored swirl added and moved.

I had saved these precious seeds again last year and a daughter started them here in PA. Then she brought a few plants with her to visit her sister in NJ. They grew! and GREW! and produced well. It's a big deal to me to have been able to take some back to PA with us after a recent visit.

We ate all of them!

I'm saving seeds again!

I have written about these tomatoes previously. If you would like to read more please go to the links listed below.

Tomato Blog 2010
Tomato Blog 2012
Tomato Blog #2, 2012