TOM’S New Food Sketches

I did these sketches using only colored pencils………no watercolors.

I buy my “still-life at the Whole Foods Market.  I draw it…..then I cook it.

Then I eat it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOULUD SUD CAFE

Daniel’s BAULUS SUD Cafe is one of the most pleasant dining experiences in Manhattan.

It was New Year’s Eve………and also our friend Dianne’s birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dianne.

Cream of wild mushrooms……….

Chateaubriand steak………

Fresh tuna in mushroom caps

Whatever it was……….devine.

“Please sir……can I have some more”

 

My real BIRTHDAY CAKe just arrived……….

Every year…..my friend Catherine………

bakes me her famous chocolate cake…….

The doorman just rang me up……”YOUR CAKE IS HERE”.

BIRTHDAY CAKE…………

This is DONALD’s version of a BIRTHDAY CAKE.

 I gave him an “A” for effort.

BIRTHDAY LUNCH with Friends

Lunch with friends…..at O’Henry’s.  I made everyone wear a silly hat.

CHRISTMAS in my Art Studio

Actually………..it is Christmas all year long………..

PEOPLE who showed up for my CHRISTMAS WAFFLES Breakfast

Pee Wee lives here year round……….jerk his cord and he talks!  Too much!!!

HARRY POTTER has a permanent spot on the sofa.

And Harry’s owl……..HEDWIG

Happy New Year.……..Florence and Alfie………..from London

The keeper of my pencils……..who LOVES pearls.

The CIRCUS………..a diarama by the Russian Artist, OLGA.

She dropped in and refused to leave……….claimed she was a “cleaning lady”……but all she does is collect DUST>

I made this paper maché angel about 20 years ago.

A portrait of Van Gogh that I painted many moons ago.

Our friend Janine gifted us this stain glass window years ago.

Hortensia hangs on my “People Tree”………making her appearance once a year.

Louie the 14th always makes an appearance……..

I had Charlie when I was a kid….and now I have him again……..from Housing Works thrift.

I love this old couple created by Robert Heinman for Tiffany’s window years ago.

Carmen Bury gavr me this necklacre last year for a Christmas present.

Beata…the Hungarian….flew in from Naples………she has obviously gone COSMIC>

Her husband John and the AFO SCHWARZ bear………

There son VICTOR created the bear for me and gave it a HEART.  Sweet!