Watercolor on 100% rag paper

Approximately 10.5 inches by 6.5 inches

I live within walking distance to the Oxbow Market, which just celebrated its first anniversary last weekend. If you don’t know it, it’s a collection of restaurants and food-related shops where you can get the best the region has to offer, like local grass-fed beef, oysters from Hog Island, the fantastic Model Bakery, a charcuterie that smokes its own sausages, hams and even makes its own mortadella, the best I’ve ever tasted. It also is home to Lisa Minucci’s shop, Heritage Culinary Artifacts, filled with really wonderful pieces, mostly related to serving food and drink. It’s a very tempting place; if I could, I’d wipe out half her stock with one shopping spree. When I saw this black-and-white English porcelain platter (one of five in graduated sizes), I knew I wanted to put some ‘Meyer’ lemons on it and paint it. Lisa graciously loaned it to me and this is the result. The platters are in the “Argyle” pattern and are from the 1920’s. The set of five platters is $450. Lisa can be reached at www.heritageartifacts.com. Click on image to enlarge.

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