GIVING AWAY MY PANTING - It could be yours!

Yes - It's true...

I am giving away this very hot and spicy painting, entitled "Red Sultana". 

She will add zest and zing to your life, empower you to press on and chase your dreams...

Red Sultana

12x12

mixed media

$250

Here is how to win "Red Sultana"

Send Red Sultana on a trip around the world via facebook and twitter. Have her meet as many people as possible and let her be seen on every computer screen, iPad, iPhone etc.

- promote this post through twitter or facebook  
- go find Red Sultana on my facebook page and share it 
- go find Red Sultana on my website and share it on facebook or twitter

DON'T FORGET to link your efforts back to me so I know you shared it.
here are my links:
My twitter name: @thereseljoseph
My facebook art page: https://www.facebook.com/ThereseLydiaJoseph

THE WINNER will be the person who gave Red Sultana the trip of a lifetime
THE WINNER will be the person who shared her face the most
THE WINNER will be announced on August 1st 2013 - Her Birthday
THE WINNER will receive the painting by mail free of charge within Canada
THE WINNER will pick up the remainder of the mailing charge if shipped outside Canada

GOOD LUCK 

A knife in the hands of a student

My student, a young girl came to class today wishing to start a painting entirely done with a palette knife. We discussed color scheme composition and type of knifing effect. I did a lot of listening. My student ultimately made all the decisions - I mostly posed the questions.
During the process I frequently asked my student to step away from the painting and communicate what feeling her artwork evoked so far, what in her opinion should be changed, what she liked, what bothered her etc. I was really surprised how my student managed to put herself in the position of the viewer, how she explained what her eyes saw and were attracted too, how her eyes traveled around from mark to mark, line to line and color to color... I think we both learned to see and look a little better today.

Here are some pictures of the completed artwork... in my student's mind and certainly in my mind - a masterpiece.

There is only one thing missing.... 
Do you want to know what that is?
Well then keep looking and scroll down slowly...

 24x24 acrylic, entirely created with a palette knife

 photos posted by permission ZKL

 The only thing missing is the title for the painting... as soon as my student informs me of the name of this stunning artwork I will proudly add it to my blog.

Tickled and Pickled

The 'ABSTRACT CHEF' is a series of abstract automatic drawings and paintings.

Please visit my website to see them all lined up in the 'GALLEY' ready to be served.

For fun I added a recipe with this gourmet painting. Just scroll down and ...

Bon Appétit !

Tickled and Pickled - 8x10 in - acrylic on paper

Do pickles actually tickle? You bet they do! It is that food that adds the punch, the pow and the tickle to your meal.

What can you pickle? Just about anything you can eat raw.

Are pickled foods healthy? Absolutely, specially if you pickle it yourself. Modern industrial pickling has become a sad industry, using preservatives and all sorts of other crap. The Japanese have thousand of years of tradition on pickling the natural way. 

This video will open your eyes and tickle your taste buds. You will never think the same about a pickle again.  

Video #1: The Chow Down on Pickling

Tickled and Pickles Recipe #2: Cold Pack Method - easy! 

LET A PICKLE TICKLE YOU TODAY!

In Hot Sauce

The 'ABSTRACT CHEF' is a series of abstract automatic drawings and paintings.

Please visit my website to see them all lined up in the 'GALLEY' ready to be served.

For fun I added a recipe with this gourmet painting. Just scroll down and ...

Bon Appétit !

Painting: In Hot Sauce - 8x10 in - acrylic on paper

Do you see the point in liking something that technically irritates your taste buds and makes you feel pain? Do you feel the excitement when you bite into a chili or do you feel you are going to die and want to call the fire brigade?

Some say 

- you have not lived if you have not tried spicy foods

- it's addictive, self torture, climatic, better than sex...

- it's beneficial to your health, anti-inflammatory, a metabolism booster...

- makes you happy, horny, crazy and makes you cry all at the same time

- it can kill you and wreck your digestive system

- "can't live without it" - "can't stand it"

try these two recipes and decide for your self if spicy foods are to die for or not!

In Hot Sauce Recipe #1: XXX Hot Salsa Sauce 

4 small soft rip tomatoes finely chopped

1/2 cup of lime juice

2 green onion finely chopped

1- 1.5 tsp cayenne pepper

2 fresh chilies finely chopped

1 tsp olive oil

salt to taste

Hot Sauce Recipe #2: Awesome Cayenne Pepper Sauce

much much better than Tabasco - you'll love it! 

add the following ingredient in to a pot
3 cups water
2 cups vinegar
1 tbsp salt and 1 tsp salt
small white onion chopped
one large galic clove chopped
3 small carrots peeled and cut in chunks
5 - 10 cayenne peppers, top cut off
1 tbsp of liquid pectin

STAY HOT AND KEEP THE SPICE IN YOUR LIFE

De-Licorice

The 'ABSTRACT CHEF' is a series of abstract automatic drawings and paintings.

Please visit my website to see them all lined up in the 'GALLEY' ready to be served.

For fun I added a recipe with this gourmet painting. Just scroll down and ...

Bon Appétit !

Painting: De-Licorice - 10x10 in - acrylic on paper

De-Licorice Recipe: The SCOOP on LICORICE 

Before you watch the videos below please be aware of the following facts:
1- licorice candy originated in Holland during the 17th century
2- licorice plant is native to southern Europe and Asia
3- licorice root is used worldwide in drinks, tobacco, cosmetics and medicine
4- licorice flavor is similar to anise, fennel, star-anise but is not related at all
5- store bought licorice has little and nothing to do with licorice, the health root
  - in fact it's loaded with ingredients like sugar, corn-syrup, artificial flavoring and coloring


THE CHOICE IS YOURS

1) >>> RECIPE and stuff - just don't mind the guy - just listen
short info/history video with natural caramel licorice candy recipe

2) >>> health conscious? then this is for you!
the scoop on health benefits of the licorice root

3) >>> the best licorice on the marked
Bülow turns licorice into gold

4) >>> grossest licorice video ever seen
beware this could make you sick!

Enjoy your licorice in your candy, in your drink, on your skin, in your smokes, in your pill or up your nose... the choice is yours...

Paint the Walls...

Paint the Indian Guru’s wall

Dali lali la – da lali la

40 feet by 8 feet tall

Dali lali la – da lali la 

 The home of Dr. Themplangad George Joseph and his rooftop veranda

 The driveway  - view of the wall to be painted

During my trip to South India this summer I was given the task to transform a white wall into a piece of art. It came with a number of challenges:

1 - THE THEME

Dr. Themplangad (my Guru) is an activist for Sanitation Improvement of the Indian Railway. He says: "The Indian Railway needs diapers". Human waste has been draining out onto the tracks since the invention of the railway. Dr. Themplangad wants to change that, take it a step further and transform human waste into energy that can be used as fuel... read all about it on his 

twitter account or blog

2 - MATERIALS

I was given watery house paint in three colors - green, blue, orange and white.

The brushes were thin and floppy

3 - THE TIME-FRAME VS PROJECT-SIZE 

I had 50 minutes to finish a 38ft long by 8ft tall wall

4 - THE ENVIRONMENT

The temperature was 28° C - humid and sunny

 Nice servant man providing some shade for the hardworking artist

 Part 1 - The Genuine Article (Human waste)

 Part 2 - Transition 

Part 3 - Transformation

Part 4 - Conversion

I finished the wall in 45 min.

All of the green and blue paint got used up.

The nice servant man washed all the bushes and put way all the supplies.

My personal "Guru" is pleased with the result.

Dr. Themplangad showed me his 'art' he created while in the US many years ago.

Check the Walls for Flaws and Folly...

On a recent trip to South India I discovered "true beauty in the beast". During my walks through the narrow unpaved roads, alley ways and mud trails which lead to peoples homes I came upon the most amazing walls I have ever seen. There they stood in subordinate silence in the heat and humidity only waiting to be discovered. Most local folks did not understand or cared to see what I saw. I hope you will find the beauty in the beast as I share this post with you.

To them – 

a wall to separate the ground

Waiting, standing, holding on

Spat and pissed and sat upon

Weathered, beaten, scratched and scraped

In filthy layers wrapped and draped

Turn a blind eye - turn around

To me – 

a nation's tale, a storybook

A thousand pictures telling time

A hundred ways to hide a crime

Textured, layered, fluxed and fused

Nature's artwork – I’m amused

Because I took a second look

 You might also like these walls: 

1 - Trivandrum - outside the art museum

2 - Olessha - forsaken red and gray walls

3 - Kottayam - colored Indian walls

4 - Kerala - one wall at the time

5 - Cochin - one small street

6 - Cochin - writing on the wall

7 - Kottayam - on my morning walk

poem and photos by Therese Lydia Joseph Dec. 2012

all rights reserved 

S-peaches and Cream #2

The 'ABSTRACT CHEF' is a series of abstract automatic drawings and paintings.

Please visit my website to see them all lined up in the 'GALLEY' ready to be served.

For fun I added a recipe with this gourmet painting. Just scroll down and ...

Bon Appétit !

Painting: S-peaches and Cream 2 - 24x12in - mixed media on paper

S-peaches and Cream Recipe #2

As I mentioned in a previous post the S-peach on cream is:  We don't need it but we want it!
Alright! Today we are having some real fattening 100% cream but the whole recipe is nothing but a fake!

No video is needed for this simple dish.

Fake it!

This dish is so good, so healthy and so versatile you can serve it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. 

Ingredients:

250 gr Light Sour Cream or Quark

1/2 Lemon - juice 

2 tbs Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Sugar or 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

200 ml Whipping Cream 

4 (halfs) peaches fresh, ripe and peeled or canned

Poppy Seeds or ground Hazelnuts

8 dried Dates

Method:

Whip Whipping Cream until stiff, set aside 

Add Sour Cream, Sugar, Vanilla in a bowl, mix well

Add Lemon Juice to mixture

Add whipped Cream to mixture

Spread creamy mixture in 4 dessert plates, make it look like egg white

Place Peaches (1/2 peach for each plate) in the center of the creamy mixture, make it look like an egg yolk

Optional:

Sprinkle Poppy Seeds or Hazelnuts to imitate ground pepper

Add 2 Dates in each plate to imitate mini breakfast sausages

ENJOY your sunny side up dessert!