Hatch Chiles...4 of 4

 

Silly Chile

Oil  6" x 6"

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Our chili dinner last night, made with our Hatch chiles, was delicious.  Luckily, there weren't any extra hot chiles accidentally mixed with our medium chiles.  I remember one breakfast where I couldn't eat my scrambled eggs because the chiles were way too hot!  It's a great life if my biggest problem is occasional hot chiles!

Hatch Chiles...2 of 4

Born To Be Mild

Oil  6" x 6" on panel

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I'm continuing to post Hatch chiles.  For those of you who live in Colorado Springs, we buy our chiles at Summerland Gardens, which also has a Gallery that has shown my work for years.  

I mentioned in my last post that we usually buy medium chiles.  I've always wondered how they can be sure that in every field only mild, medium or hot chiles grow.  I'll admit that occasionally there's a hot chile in our batch and several times I've been unable to eat as what we prepared was way too spicy for my "medium" taste buds!

Again, I'm going to be posting a mixture of some new Covid creations as well as some older work.

Hatch Chiles...1 of 4

 

Mild Things

Oil  6" x 6" on panel

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It's chile time here in Colorado.  We have great chiles in Pueblo, as well as wonderful chiles from

Hatch, NM (as shown here.)  Parking lots around town are filled with chiles freshly roasting.  The chile season is usually about 8 weeks, so the aroma lasts quite awhile.

We usually buy a 1/2 bushel of medium chiles. We freeze them in small amounts and use them in recipes throughout the year.

I've been blogging less this year. I post mostly on Instagram (which rolls over to my Fb site.).  Please visit me on Instagram.

While life as we knew it is now a bit different, I have been painting a lot during this pandemic.  Although my in person painting groups have not been meeting, I've taken several online painting classes which I loved!  I couldn't get over how helpful Adobe Photoshop is to artists!  It's great to be able to try out several colors without painting on a canvas.

The plein air events that I participate in were canceled and gallery exhibits have been online.  I'm so glad that we are now at least able to go back to galleries, if only with social distancing.

I am going to start sharing some of the paintings that I've created during my studio solitude, as well as throwing in some oldies, but goodies. 

I sincerely hope that you and your loved ones are in good spirits and staying healthy during this time.

Granny Smiths

Granny Smiths

plein air oil  11" x 14"

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I'm not sure if this counts as plein air.  My plan that day was to paint outside....but, the wind prevented that.  So, I asked at this orchard if I could set up inside their produce area.  Maybe that makes this an alla prima still life.  What do you think?  Either way, I'm happy with the results.  

Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery

I'm thrilled to have my painting, "In A Heart Beet" juried into the 1st annual "Passionate Color" Exhibit at Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery in Portland, Maine.

I met Susan Roux years ago through blogging.  She contacted me about the show.  It's exciting to have work some where far away where I'm not familiar with the art world.  The show hangs the month of October.  If you happen to be in Portland, Maine I hope you'll stop in to the gallery.

Rocky Fords

Rocky Fords
plein air oil  11" x 14"
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Recently my plein air groups painted at Spencer's Produce, Lawn & Garden Center here in Colorado Springs.  Spencer's has been a neighborhood Center since 1934.  Their produce, plants, and garden supplies are great.  They have local Colorado fruits and vegetables all summer and fall.  My only problem with painting there was that my subject matter kept disappearing!  All morning customers, many regulars from the neighborhood, came for the ripe Rocky Ford melons (some of the last of this season!)

Corn On The Cob

Corn On The Cob
Oil  8" x 6"
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This is the same ear as yesterday's post, but shucked.  Decided to get 2 done before dinner!

Sweet Corn

Sweet Corn
Oil  8" x 6"
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Corn on the cob is one of my favorite vegetables, right up there with asparagus.  Right now the stores and farm stands are selling lots of corn.  The best corn in Colorado is from Olathe on the western slope.  I think that it's the cool nights and sunny days that make the corn so delicious.  It's so sweet that people talk about "the Olathe sweet corn being ready!"

Sometimes you have to paint right before dinner!

Lime Green

Lime Green

oil  6" x 8"

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When we were in Mexico this winter we saw, and had served to us, so many limes!  We couldn't believe it!  We saw trucks filled with limes up to the very top.  Plates of lime slices were on almost every table for every meal.  

One of our favorite meals in Mexico was pork tacos (tacos de puerco.)  I think that we ate these at least twice each week, sometimes three times each week.  Every taco stand and little restaurant had their own version, but every one came with limes.  And, at about 16 pesos to the dollar when a taco was 10 pesos we were eating for under $3.00.  Upon our return we googled Mexican pork tacos and made them three times before we came up with a version that we liked.  And, of course, we had to have limes.  The lime juice really adds great flavor to the tacos.  Since we've had so many limes around the house lately, I just had to paint them!

Since the 1950s Mexico has been the world's largest producer and exporter of limes.  There are two popular varieties of limes grown in Mexico, key limes and Persian limes (which is what we here in the States call "limes".)

Most of the limes are grown in the warmer southwest, which is where we spent most of this past winter.  No wonder we saw and ate so many limes!