A Gallery of Tomatoes

A favorite summer ritual is to paint a tomato (or two).  Typically, these are little paintings that measure 6” x 8” and are done in oil on canvas or carton.  But there are a couple of paintings with a twist, like this one.

The painting is on a sheet of vellum.  Using the blue strip at the bottom to lift the vellum reveals a set of inspiring quotations.  This yellow tomato speaks Emily Dickinson, Rainer Marie Rilke, Rachel Naomi Remen, and George Eliot.

      The other tomatoes I have done over the years carry on as usual, a little dancing a little singing, while they wait to be eaten.