We moved into our lovely home in Plant City a year ago this week and missed last year’s “world famous” Strawberry Festival that Plant City is known for! So this year, not only did we make it to go, but I even scrambled and submitted three paintings. They’re shown below. Sadly, non made it into ribbon contention, but it was a pleasure to participate all the same.
Nana’s Shortbread – an encaustic mixed media work including the real (and precious) recipe for Nana’s shortbread she used to bake for my dad when he was a child.
Every day driving to work, I’d pass the strawberry fields where migrant works were bent over planting, tending and finally picking the ripe berries.
Well naturally, I’d have to include a painting of a strawberry or two, or more. This is a mixed media / acrylic and oil small work I did for the event.
