Category Archives: Art Work

SUN oh Sunny Days = Where are you? – Dog Portrait Completed

Posted on 04/13/2022 by kunstkitchen

Today I deliver this portrait to the requester with some relief. This time of year in Minnesota the rain and storms are welcome for the farmers. Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Art Work, Dog Portraits, environment, Farmer's Markets | Tagged Acrylic paintings, artist, dog portrait, flexibilty, foreshortening, Minneapolis, Newfoundland dog cross with a Cocker Spaniel, portrait painting, weather challenges | 4 Comments

Plum Perfect Rose = Lyndale Gardens at Lake Harriet

Posted on 09/21/2021 by kunstkitchen

Plum Perfect Rose is another food related named rose at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden. Continuing with photos and identification of the roses that I was fortunate to capture in September 2021 viewers can see that the roses are still … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Work, environment, gardens, photography | Tagged environment, Lake Harriet, Lyndale gardens, Minneapolis, photography, Plum Perfect rose, public gardens Minneapolis MN, Roses, volunteer gardeners | 4 Comments

Apples = Still Life – Memories of Friday Market in Leeuwarden

Posted on 04/14/2021 by kunstkitchen

Fridays on the market square called Wilhelminaplein in Leeuwarden is the large food market of Friesland in the Netherlands. Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Architecture, Art Work, Farmer's Markets, Slow food and art in the kitchen | Tagged apples, April in Minnesota, Euopean market, Friday Market, Friesland Netherlands, Leeuwarden Market, Minneapolis outdoor market, Oil painting, outdoor markets, Still life painting, Wilhelminaplein in Leeuwarden | 3 Comments

Shetland Sheepdog Portrait = Piper’s Portrait in Pastel

Posted on 03/21/2021 by kunstkitchen

This piece of artwork of Piper, a Shetland Sheepdog was a commemorative portrait. The photo I had to work from was very distorted with pixelated smears. It took much longer than expected to intuit the missing details. I looked at … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Art and Architecture, Art Work, Dog Portraits, environment, poetry | Tagged Canada, companion dog, dog portrait, pastel drawing, pastel pencil, Rembrandt pastels, Shetland Sheepdog, Ted Dyck | 6 Comments

From Rommegrott, Lutefisk, Lefse Recipes to Ryōkan the Hermit = Mind Traveling

Posted on 01/16/2021 by kunstkitchen

I found this recipe in one of the church cookbooks that I collected long ago and far away. As a laugh, I sent this to my friend Alan, who has some Norwegian ancestry and called me to rave about how his mother made Rommergrott and how they loved it.
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