“Onion on Pink Plate” aka Painting Produce at Whole Foods!

Posted by on Mar 1, 2014 in Blog, Daily Paintworks | 3 Comments
Onion on Pink Plate, 6 x 6

Onion on Pink Plate, 6 x 6

 

Artist Beth Carrington Brown paints live at Whole Foods Market

Beth doing a live painting demonstration at Whole Foods Market, Cary, NC

This week I had the fun experience of doing a painting demonstration at Whole Foods market in Cary. This was new to me on a couple levels.

I have never painted in a grocery store, or in front of a huge crowd, nor have I painted an onion.  It was both fun and a little nerve wracking.  One lesson I learned is that if you are going to cut and paint an onion, be prepared for your eyes to water. This can be a problem if you are trying to SEE while you are painting! Of all the produce there, I  chose an  ordinary onion. Why?  I thought it was underrepresented in the world of still life, and I thought it was going to be a challenge to paint. It was, and made it even more so since I was talking to people and painting at the same time.  In the future if I am going to multi-task at that level, I may just choose some apples, or pears-both of which I could eat as soon as I finished! The onion-not so  much. This little (6 x 6) is getting framed and going to the Waverly Artist Gallery today.

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3 Comments

  1. Meredith Adler
    March 1, 2014

    Great post, Beth! You had me smiling all the way through. That’s quite an idea, too, to paint in the produce section of the supermarket! I love what you did with the onion.

  2. Beth
    March 1, 2014

    Thanks Meredith-i’d love to have you join us next time-interested?

  3. Meredith Adler
    March 2, 2014

    Thanks for the invite! I guess it depends on when next time is. I may have to say “sometime,” instead–my dog is about to have a big surgery…but let’s email…!