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This blog is Day 6 of sharing art and recipes from my Cooking with Friends calendars. The recipes I've selected are those you might make during the holidays - one from each of the 10 years of calendars. Cooking with Friends, 2014 What's a holiday party without chips and salsa? Our family doesn't think that's possible. Michelle Hooper has this fabulous salsa recipe that she brings to most gatherings at our home and she usually brings extra so we'll have some to enjoy later. I LOVE her salsa! The extra touch of roasting veggies gives it a special depth of flavors. It's fun that MIchelle and our son-in-law Marc Hess have this little salsa competition going on. Marc's never shared his recipe with me which is okay because I prefer that he just make it! Both versions are truly extra special. The painting is inspired by Mexican celebrations in S California where Michelle grew up and in S Texas where I spent my first 14 years. Always time for a Fiesta! Cinco de Mayo by Claudia True available in print My Sister's Salsa by Michelle HooperINGREDIENTS
Roast whole tomatoes, tomatillos, jalapeños, serrano and garlic on stop top until black and tomatoes are soft and ready to fall apart (about 20 minutes on high turning.) Cut the tops off all peppers. Add tablespoon of salt and pepper. Let cool in fridge overnight. Put in Ninja blender, add onion, cilantro, lime juice and another tablespoon of salt and pepper to taste. Blend and enjoy! 2014 is the only year we had a theme - "Appetizers and Desserts." Most of these recipes were new to me and many are now in my "favorite" file!
Happy Cooking and Happy Holidays! Claudia True Welcome to the 5th installment of 10 days of art and recipes! Each day I'm sharing a recipe that I think you'll enjoy during the holiday season - one from each of the 10 Cooking with Friends calendars. Cooking with Friends, 2013 Five years of calendars! I was pretty proud of myself by now and was getting the hang of doing these colorful collections of my friends' recipes and the art they inspired. This recipe is something light and healthy that would be a good break from all the heavy holiday feeding frenzy. It's a little time consuming but oh so worth it. While doing this calendar project, I've expanded both my cooking and painting skills. I even got some stackable bamboo steamers to make this salmon dish. This was my first attempt at writing Chinese. I love the look, the "message" is simple ("salmon"). I took it to a server at our favorite Chinese restaurant to be sure I hadn't written anything obscene. I think the script added a nice design touch to the fish painting. If you don't read Chinese, you might even think it says something profound. Cute, huh. Cathy's Salmon by Claudia True available in print of various sizes Chinese Steamed Salmon by Cathy Bennett4 pieces of salmon filet (single serving sized pieces)
A: Slice the Serrano chile into very thin matchstick shreds, and combine in a microwave safe bowl with approximately 2 T of cilantro leaves, the sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, 1 ½ T wine, and a couple of pinches of salt and pepper. Set aside. B: Cut 4 green onions into 2” thin matchstick shreds and slice 2” of ginger into very thin matchstick shreds. Combine in a small bowl, and set aside. C: Roughly chop the remaining cilantro (including stems), slice the remaining 2” of ginger into thin coins, and slice the remaining green onions lengthwise, then into 2” lengths. Cut a parchment paper circle to fit your Chinese bamboo steamer or stainless steel steamer basket. Spread “C” evenly over the parchment. Place the fish filets over the vegetables, and pour approximately 1 ½ T wine over the filets. Lightly season with salt and pepper. Put approx. 2” of water in your wok or other large pot. When it boils, place the steamer basket over the pot. Steam till just barely done—it cooks fast—approximately 10 minutes per 1” thickness. When done, remove the fish from the steamer, and arrange on a platter. DO NOT remove any of the steaming vegetables—discard them. Meanwhile, microwave “A” for about 30 seconds, until hot. Pour A over the hot fish. In a small skillet, or a wok, heat the peanut oil till nearly smoking and stir fry B for about 10 or 20 seconds, then pour it—sizzling!—over the hot fish. Serve immediately with steamed rice. Serves 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Chinese bamboo steamer? You can use a stainless steel veggie steamer, if you have one, and it is big enough to hold the fish. Otherwise, use a heatproof plate that will fit into your wok (or other large pan that has a domed lid) to create a makeshift steamer. Use an inverted, small, shallow bowl to support the plate over the simmering water, making sure the lid will still cover. You do not need to use parchment if you use a plate. Check out the front and back covers of the 2013 Cooking with Friends calendar. My calendar partner and graphic design partner Holly Bikakis has done the layouts for all 10 calendars. She makes us look "mahvelous!'
Happy Cooking and Happy Holidays!
Claudia True Please forward to someone who might enjoy a good recipe for steamed salmon Chinese style, or a high quality colorful print of a colorful Chinese salmon. Or a new Cooking with Friends calendar! Welcome to the 4th installment of 10 days of art and recipes! Each day I'm sharing a recipe that I think you'll enjoy during the holiday season - one from each of the 10 Cooking with Friends calendars. Cooking with Friends, 2012 My crazy friend Chuck Kiven shared his family recipe for Chicken Liver Paté in the 4th calendar. This recipe made me happy because my Dad loved patés and would occasionally make this at Christmas. Maybe it's one of those "mid-century" dishes. One reason I selected this is to show how my art has been influenced by painting recipes. Chuck's from Rhode Island and when researching how to paint chicken liver paté, I discovered that the state bird of Rhode Island is the Rhode Island Red Chicken. Ta da! That's what I decided to paint! I'd never painted a fancy chicken like this so it was a challenge - it's become one of my most popular prints. He's pretty elegant, don't you think? Rhode Island Chicken- Claudia True acrylic on canvas (original) - available in print Chicken Liver Paté by Chuck Kiven INGREDIENTS
Defrost chicken livers if necessary. In large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add chicken livers and onions. Sauté until the livers are cooked all the way through and can be broken up with a wooden spoon and the onions are transparent. Add more butter if you want while cooking. Add wine towards the end of cooking. Remove from heat and transfer to a food processor Combine cooked livers, onions, hard boiled egg, thyme in a food processor - chop using the pulse setting until you have a coarse texture. Add maybe a tablespoon or more of mayonnaise and mustard, pulse the processor again to mix. Taste, add salt and pepper, more mustard or mayonnaise if you want. The more often you pulse the food processor, the more paste-like the paté will be. Remove paté from processor and chill in refrigerator. Serve wth crackers or small bread squares. Check out the front and back covers from 2012 Cooking with Friends calendar. Hope you saved your calendars for the recipes and art!
Happy Cooking and Happy Holidays!
Please forward to someone who might enjoy a good recipe for chicken liver paté, or a high quality colorful print of a Rhode Island Rooster. This print would make a unique holiday gift. Welcome to the 3rd installment of 10 days of art and recipes! Each day I'm sharing a recipe that I think you'll enjoy during the holiday season - one from each of the 10 calendars. Still need your new calendar? Click here to order Cooking with Friends 2018. Cooking with Friends, 2011 In 2011, the 3rd year of calendars, I made another change in how I gathered recipes. And it's all because I broke my ankle. Seriously! In June I had a clumsy fall in our living room and broke all 3 bones in my ankle - that slowed me down! I had lots of time to think about the calendar project and had this crazy idea: wouldn't it be fun if I featured my friends' special recipes. So I asked if they'd share, and was thrilled when they said yes! That's when we changed the name to "Cooking with Friends." The recipe I've included today is from Judy Witt Camp. Oh what memories I had when I got her recipe for Pralines, a Christmas tradition in the tiny South Texas town of Bishop where we grew up. She lived in Santa Fe in 2011, and this painting is influenced by the New Mexico missions and luminarias common in Texas and New Mexico "Christmas Mission" by Claudia True available in prints of various sizes Judy's Traditional Christmas PralinesINGREDIENTS
Mix together 2 cps sugar and remaining ingredients, cook over a medium fire. While this is cooking, add 1 cup sugar in a heavy skillet (cast iron works great). Cook until caramelized (liquid will be the color of a penny). Add this to the first mixture slowly, stirring constantly, cook until it reaches soft ball stage on candy thermometer. Remove from heat and beat until firm (watch for the shine to turn to satin). Using 2 teaspoons, drop candy onto wax paper. Store in air-tight container. Here are the front and back covers of our 3rd calendar - the first to feature recipes by my friends.
Happy Cooking and Happy Holidays!
Please forward to someone who might enjoy a good recipe for Pralines, or a painting of a Spanish mission with luminarias for Christmas. Wow - 10 years of art and food calendars - something to celebrate! Over the next few days I'll be sharing a recipe and it's art from each of the 10 calendars. The selection includes dishes I'd like to have during this holiday season. I think you'd enjoy them, too. Want to get the 10th calendar in the series? Click here to order Cooking with Friends 2018 So let's get started!  The Art of Cooking, 2009 The first 2 years of calendars were called "The Art of Cooking." I was new in Kansas City and didn't know anyone and I was bored - I needed a project. My passions are painting and cooking so I got this idea to get some good recipes and paint them, and put them together in a calendar format. Holly Bikakis is my friend and graphic design partner and I convinced her to join the fun. She and I gathered recipes this first year. This painting is for Pear Salad. It's an oil painting - my normal medium is acrylics. I thought a way to meet people, especially other artists, was to take painting classes. This pear painting was done while working with Carol McCall and her husband Bill, two great oil painters in this area. So many changes in my life - even my paint medium! (Well - that didn't last but it was a fun adventure.) Three Pears and a Pot - Claudia True oil on canvas - available in print Here's the recipe. Thought you might enjoy some "lighter food" to offset all the heavy duty holiday eating. PEAR SALAD |
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Happy Cooking and Happy Holidays!
Fiesta Chick - inspired by a recipe and ready for a new home!
Kansas City Artists Coalition - Art Auction
Saturday - Feb. 18 - is the annual art auction for Kansas City Artists Coalition, an organization of visual artists. My Fiesta Chick is there looking for a new home. She's hanging out with close to 200 other pieces of original art donated by artists from throughout the Kansas City area.
This auction is the place to be for artists and collectors! First - the artwork is amazing. Kansas City artists are extremely generous with their donations. Second - it's an exciting and fun event! $25 entrance gets you heavy, delicious appetizers - enough for a meal plus beer and wine. I promise you won't go home hungry! Sometimes the bidding wars get pretty crazy which can be quite an adventure.
This auction is the place to be for artists and collectors! First - the artwork is amazing. Kansas City artists are extremely generous with their donations. Second - it's an exciting and fun event! $25 entrance gets you heavy, delicious appetizers - enough for a meal plus beer and wine. I promise you won't go home hungry! Sometimes the bidding wars get pretty crazy which can be quite an adventure.
Tres Amigos
My husband Mike Driggs is donating a piece this year - "Tres Amigos!" These are created in clay and totally express his Arizona roots. This is a first for Mike to put his art out for the world to see. I'm so proud of him! Although I must admit I'm sad to see these little guys go away.
Back to that Chick!
Fiesta Chick was inspired by a recipe for Spicy Chicken Wings, using a glaze of pepper jam and other ingredients. My friend Debbie Farnam shared the recipe that features one of her special jams in her line of Debby's Pantry jellies and jams. Delicious!! But Miss Fiesta Chick still has her wings - and always will!! This recipe and painting are in my 2017 Cooking with Friends calendar - available by clicking here.
Hope you'll join us at the Kansas City Artists Coalition annual auction this Saturday! Maybe you'll take home Fiesta Chick, Tres Amigos or another art treasure.
Hope you'll join us at the Kansas City Artists Coalition annual auction this Saturday! Maybe you'll take home Fiesta Chick, Tres Amigos or another art treasure.
Last December I shared my most requested recipe in a newsletter so people could make it over the holidays as I do. Oops! I need to make some changes!
Recently I made this dish and decided to really check on the directions. Every time I make it someone asks for the recipe and I've shared it many times over the years. It's one of those dishes that I call a "concoction" - my favorite way to cook because you just kind of throw in a little of this and some of that until it tastes just way you want it - delicious. I've definitely zeroed in on the way I make it - decided to see if it's anywhere near what I have in my recipe that was written probably 15+ years ago.
Yikes!! Either my taste buds have changed or I wrote Tbl instead of tsp for the chili powder or ??? I heard from many friends who said they were making my Pork Green Chili over the holidays - hope it tasted okay! And I hope they like spicy food. Luckily when I was trying out the recipe I decided to measure spices as I added them a little at a time, taste the chili and then add more if needed. I'm so glad! The basic recipe is the same but I've refined the amounts of the ingredients and I'm sharing with you here.
Recently I made this dish and decided to really check on the directions. Every time I make it someone asks for the recipe and I've shared it many times over the years. It's one of those dishes that I call a "concoction" - my favorite way to cook because you just kind of throw in a little of this and some of that until it tastes just way you want it - delicious. I've definitely zeroed in on the way I make it - decided to see if it's anywhere near what I have in my recipe that was written probably 15+ years ago.
Yikes!! Either my taste buds have changed or I wrote Tbl instead of tsp for the chili powder or ??? I heard from many friends who said they were making my Pork Green Chili over the holidays - hope it tasted okay! And I hope they like spicy food. Luckily when I was trying out the recipe I decided to measure spices as I added them a little at a time, taste the chili and then add more if needed. I'm so glad! The basic recipe is the same but I've refined the amounts of the ingredients and I'm sharing with you here.
Pork Green Chili
Makes 10 - 12 servings
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons peanut oil
3 (1-pound) pork center cut loin, cut into ¾-inch cubes
2 large onions, minced
6 garlic cloves, minced
6 (4-ounce) cans diced green chilies, mild
1 (15-ounce) can golden hominy, drained
2 (10-ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chilies, original (See note below)
6 cups chicken stock
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons dried ground thyme
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
DIRECTIONS
Warm oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat on stovetop. Working in batches, brown pork on all sides and remove to a platter lined with paper toweling.
When finished with pork, add onion to pan and sauté until soft and translucent. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, but do not burn.
Drain and discard oil from pan and return pork to pan. Stir in chilies, hominy, tomatoes and chicken stock. Season with bay leaf, chili powder, cumin, thyme, cinnamon, salt and pepper and stir until well combined.
Bring to boil and reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 1hour or more. Before serving, skim excess oil off top and remove bay leaf.
Ladle chili into bowls and garnish with optional chopped onion, cilantro, lime wedges, grated cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, and flour tortillas, hard rolls or tortilla chips.
Note: I use Rotel brand tomatoes with chilies and Gebhardt's chili powder. Use 2 cans Rotel for "hot," 1 can Rotel and 1 can diced tomatoes for "medium," and all regular diced tomatoes for "mild - i.e. boring."
Makes 10 - 12 servings
INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons peanut oil
3 (1-pound) pork center cut loin, cut into ¾-inch cubes
2 large onions, minced
6 garlic cloves, minced
6 (4-ounce) cans diced green chilies, mild
1 (15-ounce) can golden hominy, drained
2 (10-ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chilies, original (See note below)
6 cups chicken stock
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons dried ground thyme
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
DIRECTIONS
Warm oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat on stovetop. Working in batches, brown pork on all sides and remove to a platter lined with paper toweling.
When finished with pork, add onion to pan and sauté until soft and translucent. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, but do not burn.
Drain and discard oil from pan and return pork to pan. Stir in chilies, hominy, tomatoes and chicken stock. Season with bay leaf, chili powder, cumin, thyme, cinnamon, salt and pepper and stir until well combined.
Bring to boil and reduce heat to low and simmer for at least 1hour or more. Before serving, skim excess oil off top and remove bay leaf.
Ladle chili into bowls and garnish with optional chopped onion, cilantro, lime wedges, grated cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese, and flour tortillas, hard rolls or tortilla chips.
Note: I use Rotel brand tomatoes with chilies and Gebhardt's chili powder. Use 2 cans Rotel for "hot," 1 can Rotel and 1 can diced tomatoes for "medium," and all regular diced tomatoes for "mild - i.e. boring."
This recipe was included in my very first art and food calendar, called The Art of Cooking calendar in 2009. The above painting was inspired by the recipe. I can just envision this being cooked in a rustic and wonky kitchen in Mexico! I'd love to be there!!
So if you cooked this recipe and thought it was a little heavy on the spices, you might try it again. Who knew I'd think that a chili should be a bit subtle! If I'm still cooking this in 5 years, I'll test the recipe to see if my tastes have changed again . . . .
NOTE: This chili was made in preparation for an article in the Kansas City Star on Wednesday, January 25. Here's a link to that article about this chili and my art! http://www.kansascity.com/living/food-drink/come-into-my-kitchen/article128181954.html
So if you cooked this recipe and thought it was a little heavy on the spices, you might try it again. Who knew I'd think that a chili should be a bit subtle! If I'm still cooking this in 5 years, I'll test the recipe to see if my tastes have changed again . . . .
NOTE: This chili was made in preparation for an article in the Kansas City Star on Wednesday, January 25. Here's a link to that article about this chili and my art! http://www.kansascity.com/living/food-drink/come-into-my-kitchen/article128181954.html
How many times have I heard this from my painting students - "I can't even draw a stick figure!" And I've always said, "well we're not drawing or painting them so that's okay!" But then I actually painted stick figures, and I realized they're really fun and can even be a pretty darned cute work of art!
This whisical painting was inspired by a recipe from Mary Ann Rodgers that she contributed to one of my Cooking with Friends calendars. She got a recipe for Cabbage Patch Stew from her fellow teacher when they needed quick dishes after a full day at school. It was easy and her kids loved it - perfect for a busy teacher and Mom. When I got Mary Ann's recipe, I was "stuck" on how to illustrate it for the calendar. Hmmm - trying to make a head of cabbage into an interesting piece of art just didn't get me too excited. Then I had an "aha" moment - how about trying some of those little stick figures, representing young kids and their joy of school and learning and playing together. That's how this painting came about - using bold colors of course and lots of youthful whimsy. It's featured with Mary Ann's recipe in September in the 2016 Cooking with Friends calendar. I figured lots of Moms could use an easy, kid-friendly recipe in that crazy back-to-school month!
Look how this painting has been "repurposed!" This month it's on the cover of Kern County Family Magazine - a free monthly magazine for everyone who loves family, kids and Kern County, California. My dear friend L.J. Corby is publisher of this magazine and asked to use the painting for the January 2017 issue, focused on education and resources. Well of course I was thrilled! An interesting twist is that Mary Ann whose recipe inspired this painting was L.J.'s elementary teacher at Colonel Nichols School in Bakersfield. So the 3 of us are re-connected here - L.J.'s magazine, her teacher's recipe, and my whimsical artistic interpretation of that recipe. How fun is that!
Are you interested in making Cabbage Patch Stew? If so you're in luck - click here for the recipe included in Kern County Family Magazine. Thanks Mary Ann Rodgers for the delicious and very do-able recipe and the inspiration for a delightful painting! Thanks L.J. Corby for including all this in the January 2017 edition of your wonderful magazine!
You know what -maybe you CAN draw a stick figure!! Once again I've learned to keep my mind open to new painting inspirations. Doing these playful little figures was lots of fun. I know I'll do more - why don't you give it a try!
It's calendar time! And time for a little hashtag fun. AND a chance to win a cute little pig, painted for a recipe . . .
About the calendar -
My 9th annual Cooking with Friends calendar is hot off the press. Yay! If you're not familiar with these calendars, they're a collection of recipes from my friends and art I created to illustrate them. Yes - I paint recipes!
About the hashtag fun -
Let's have a little competition using #claudiascalendar. Lots of you have calendars hanging in your kitchen or office or "somewhere." Wouldn't it be fun to see where they are!
So here's our contest - post a photo on Facebook or Instagram with something calendar related and you're entered in a drawing for a pig, painted for a recipe! Tag your post with #claudiascalendar to be in the competition. Do this by Thursday, October 13 to be in the drawing.
Here's a sample - 2016 calendar hanging in my studio. I posted this on Instagram and tagged it with #claudiascalendar Thanks to Mary Ann Rogers for her recipe for Cabbage Patch Stew, enjoyed by her children when they were in school and she was a teacher. All the recipes have cute stories that bring them to life!
So here's our contest - post a photo on Facebook or Instagram with something calendar related and you're entered in a drawing for a pig, painted for a recipe! Tag your post with #claudiascalendar to be in the competition. Do this by Thursday, October 13 to be in the drawing.
Here's a sample - 2016 calendar hanging in my studio. I posted this on Instagram and tagged it with #claudiascalendar Thanks to Mary Ann Rogers for her recipe for Cabbage Patch Stew, enjoyed by her children when they were in school and she was a teacher. All the recipes have cute stories that bring them to life!
Want some ideas of what to post?
- Photo of your calendar hanging "wherever."
- Photo of a dish you made from a recipe - include the recipe art if you can! Use a recipe from any of the 9 calendars.
- Photo of a painting from a calendar - any year!
- You get the idea. Make it fun! Be in the photo!!
About that pig -
Meet Miss Piggy and Peppers. Is this the cutest little pig or what. And she could be yours! Just post a calendar related photo on Facebook or Instagram and use #claudiascalendar. Easy!
Miss Piggy is an 8 x 6" reproduction on canvas and is framed. She was inspired by John Fulton's recipe for Raspberry-Chipotle Pork Chops and first appeared in the 2013 calendar. Hope you're saving these calendars - the art and recipes are timeless.
Just Do It!
Okay - get the picture? Want to join the hashtag fun and maybe win Miss Piggy? Let's see where all these calendars and recipes and art are in the world. And some yummy food created from the recipes. Post by Thursday, October 13 - drawing will be on Friday, October 14
Are you ready to order your 2017 calendars with bright, colorful art and delicious recipes?
Click here to get them for you and your friends.
Thanks for joining the fun - happy posting!
Are you ready to order your 2017 calendars with bright, colorful art and delicious recipes?
Click here to get them for you and your friends.
Thanks for joining the fun - happy posting!
Well actually it was a recipe. OR - to be honest - a calendar! Okay - really, it was the idea to do a calendar that would combine my two passions - painting and cooking. I had never painted "critters." Who knew this would be the start of one of my most popular series of paintings. The first critter I ever painted was this crazy "Kickin' Chicken," inspired by a recipe for Chicken Enchiladas. And so it began -
"Kickin' Chicken" - 20 x 16" acrylic on canvas - $450
also available in giclee print
©Claudia True 2008
We created our first calendar for 2009. "We" being me and Holly Bikakis, a graphic design guru who's my partner in the calendar project. (She makes it look really spiffy!) I was new in Kansas City, didn't know anyone and for the first time in years I had lots of free time. I needed a project, but - what to do??? I came up with the idea to develop a food and art calendar. I love to paint - as you know - and I also love to cook. So I thought I'd get some recipes, paint illustrations of them - and put them in calendar format with a recipe and painting for each month. Voila! The calendar was "born!"
"Kickin' Chicken" - 20 x 16" acrylic on canvas - $450
also available in giclee print
©Claudia True 2008
We created our first calendar for 2009. "We" being me and Holly Bikakis, a graphic design guru who's my partner in the calendar project. (She makes it look really spiffy!) I was new in Kansas City, didn't know anyone and for the first time in years I had lots of free time. I needed a project, but - what to do??? I came up with the idea to develop a food and art calendar. I love to paint - as you know - and I also love to cook. So I thought I'd get some recipes, paint illustrations of them - and put them in calendar format with a recipe and painting for each month. Voila! The calendar was "born!"
After 8 years of "painting recipes" I now have quite a collection of Critter art. These are mostly colorful and happy little fellas that lots of people want, so they're available in prints and are hanging out in many homes and hopefully bringing smiles and happy thoughts to their owners
"Potter's Goat" - 10 x 8" giclee print on canvas - $55
©Claudia True 2015
One super special thing about this project - getting new recipes! I have over 100 recipes that my friends have shared. My friends love seeing how their recipes "come alive" in my artistic renditions.
This cute little goat was inspired by a recipe from Nancy and Sam Potter for "Boursin Chèvre" - a delicious goat cheese spread that's perfect for a party. "Kickin' Chicken Enchiladas" was shared by Cheryl Miller. And here's a sweet little pig inspired by a recipe for "Raspberry-Chipotle Pork Chops" - shared by John Fulton.
"Miss Piggy & Peppers" - 10 x 8" acrylic on canvas - $55
© Claudia True 2012
I always say "life's an adventure!" You see, I never started out to create a series of critter art. I don't think I would have thought about it - except for these recipes in a calendar that I wouldn't have thought about doing if I hadn't moved to a new town and was bored and needed something to do! Now these are some of the paintings most loved by my fans.
It's very interesting that I only recently realized I had this collection of critters! Now I'm developing a new page on my website -"Critter Club" - to give them a home and show them off.
And it all started with a chicken . . . .
Note: it's time to work on the 2017 Cooking with Friends calendar! Do you have a recipe you want to see in a painting and share with others in the calendar? If so, please click here to contact me about what's involved. Click here if you want to purchase a 2016 calendar - the art and recipes are timeless!
Have fun and remember - life's an adventure! Who knows what's ahead for all of us - or how it will start.
Claudia True
I'm an artist living in Kansas City with my hubby and cats. My passions: colorful paintings, yummy food, and sharing my love of art and cooking with others.
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