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Fork and Knife Artist Anthony Lazorko | Supermarket Still Life

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Anthony Lazorko Mesilla, New Mexico Supermarket Still Life Woodcut The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresent their true intentions or ideas. Please note that we support expression, whether it is controversial or not, but our intention is never to offend. If you are interested in art collecting and would like to purchase this beautiful art, give our art galleries a call. Our art gallery is a wonderful place for art collectors. Our owner andRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Toni Silber-Delerive | Sushi

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Toni Silber-Delerive New York, New York, USA Sushi Acrylic Painting Artist Statement My appreciation of unconventional views comes together in my up-close, above-view paintings of food. While the colors and shapes of the sushi are traditional, the oversized proportions and graphic rendition seen from above make them unique. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresent their true intentions or ideas. Please note that we support expression, whether it is controversial or not, but our intentionRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Toni Silber-Delerive | Salmon And Caviar Canape

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Toni Silber-Delerive New York, New York Salmon and Caviar Canape Acrylic Painting Artist Statement The components of the canape are traditional and realistic. What makes this image unique is the oversized proportions and the flattening of the picture plane seen from above. Also the oversized proportions display the canape in an original and recognizable way. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresent their true intentions or ideas. Please note that we support expression, whether it isRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Tess Barbato | Boneless Thighs

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Tess Barbato Brighton, Massachusetts Boneless Thighs Mixed Media Artist Statement The title of my most recent series is This Week’s Special. Through compositional choices and painting style I attempt to provoke an involuntary visceral reaction. My work encourages the viewer to confront any predisposition of being repulsed by the subject. I chose to portray meat that was on sale because it exemplifies the excesses in our society. The greater part of our society has become so removed from the foods we eat, in particular meat, that we hardly consider its origin, processing, diet or slaughter. InRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Tess Barbato | Family Pack Chicken Tenders

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Tess Barbato Brighton, Massachusetts Family Pack Chicken Tenders Mixed Media Artist Statement The title of my most recent series is This Week’s Special. Through compositional choices and painting style I attempt to provoke an involuntary visceral reaction. My work encourages the viewer to confront any predisposition of being repulsed by the subject. I chose to portray meat that was on sale because it exemplifies the excesses in our society. The greater part of our society has become so removed from the foods we eat, in particular meat, that we hardly consider its origin, processing, diet orRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Tess Barbato | Texas Style Ribs

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Tess Barbato Brighton, Massachusetts Texas Style Ribs Mixed Media Artist Statement The title of my most recent series is This Week’s Special. Through compositional choices and painting style I attempt to provoke an involuntary visceral reaction. My work encourages the viewer to confront any predisposition of being repulsed by the subject. I chose to portray meat that was on sale because it exemplifies the excesses in our society. The greater part of our society has become so removed from the foods we eat, in particular meat, that we hardly consider its origin, processing, diet or slaughter.Read More →

Fork and Knife Artist Ninalee Irani | Salad

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Ninalee Irani Calgary, Canada Salad Oil Painting Artist Statement Growing up in the long winters of the Canadian Prairies made me appreciate all of the fleeting experiences of a warm summer. Little by little the birds come home, walks are more frequent, and the daily menu is lighter and brighter. Watermelon seeds become more common than empty soup bowls, and the summer salad becomes the main course. “Salad” is a representation of a passing season; a time when we are free from the limitations of winter, and the composition of our food is as light asRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Melissa Haviland | Sentinel 2

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Melissa Haviland Athens, Ohio Sentinel 2 Charcoal Artist Statement The Sentinel drawings are part of a series of 12 charcoal drawings that stand 5 foot tall, human-like in the space. They depict the cream ladle nestled in the gravy ladle of twelve silver tableware patterns sold by the company Replacements, Ltd in Greensboro, North Carolina, where I was an Artist in Residence. A customer at Replacements inspired the drawings. She had brought in pieces of silver with the goal of identifying its pattern and buying a few replacement pieces for the set. Through the conversation withRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Melissa Haviland | Sentinel 1

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Melissa Haviland Athens, Ohio Sentinel 1 Charcoal Artist Statement The Sentinel drawings are part of a series of 12 charcoal drawings that stand 5 foot tall, human-like in the space. They depict the cream ladle nestled in the gravy ladle of twelve silver tableware patterns sold by the company Replacements, Ltd in Greensboro, North Carolina, where I was an Artist in Residence. A customer at Replacements inspired the drawings. She had brought in pieces of silver with the goal of identifying its pattern and buying a few replacement pieces for the set. Through the conversation withRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Mathilda Lazelle | Radish

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Mathilda Lazelle San Francisco, California Radish Oil Painting Artist Statement Mid-sidewalk, daily moments of quirky treasure – multitudes of overlooked marvels pull me to collect, absorb create, filter through my own perspective, this overwhelming beauty. Flavor and laughter. A truly amazing meal can change how you see, smell, taste your world. Watching simple ingredients transform into art, I am admiring, entranced, moved. I am inspired, not to copy their work with my brush, but to dip into their palette- basil, sizzle, chop, juice-stained wood and practiced hands. The views expressed by our artists in their artistRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Lou Peterson | Sunrise

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Lou Peterson Los Angeles, California, USA Sunrise Oil Painting Artist Statement Still life painting has always been fascinating to me. Specifically, the unique formal properties of the food items. When I first started incorporating processed foods into my work, a whole world of possibilities opened up to me. I found the colors of the processed foods to be dynamic and varied – almost like painting flowers. Surprisingly, the processed foods seem to possess intrinsic scenic qualities, which weren’t as strong in other still life subjects I painted. For example, the piece in this show “Sunrise” evokesRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Kelly Hendrickson | When Life Hands You Lemons

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Kelly Hendrickson Rogers, Minnesota When Life Hands You Lemons Mixed Media Artist Statement The challenge was given! Could I create a visual work of art that would engage at least one of the other 5 senses in addition to vision? Immediately I thought of my previous art study of lemons. Texture is a part of my work quite often so the sense of touch was easy. But I wanted a challenge. I decided to try to engage the sense of taste. Often the sight of some foods can make your mouth water. This seems especially trueRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist John Nieman | Heroes 1

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist John Nieman Dobbs Ferry, New York Heroes 1 Watercolor Artist Statement I call myself a conceptual realist with a pop culture twist.diptych. As a refugee from the international world of advertising, I have always been fascinated by the power of an intriguing visual, and the interplay with words. In this case, the visual is an extra large hero sandwich (sometimes called a hoagie or a wedge depending on your geography.) Because of its size and promise, I painted it as a two-part diptych. The underlying list of heroes is admittedly subjective. I learned that heroism hasRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist John Nieman | Heroes 2

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist John Nieman Dobbs Ferry, New York Heroes 2 Watercolor Artist Statement I call myself a conceptual realist with a pop culture twist. As a refugee from the international world of advertising, I have always been fascinated by the power of an intriguing visual, and the interplay with words. In this case, the visual was an extra large hero sandwich (sometimes called a hoagie or a wedge depending on your geography.) Because of its size and promise, I painted it as a two-part diptych The underlying list of heroes is admittedly subjective. I learned that heroism hasRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist John Nieman | Apple Eats

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist John Nieman Dobbs Ferry, New York Apple Eats Watercolor Artist Statement I like to create art that has immediate impact, and a residual mental tickle. Apple Eats is part of a series I call Art of Lists. It’s a tribute to pop culture, and incorporates a list of my favorite restaurants, delis and eateries in New York. It is anchored by the one and only big apple on a plate, surrounded by concentric slices which brings the eye to the center of attention. I paint with watercolor for translucency, and comprise the list in an admittedlyRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist John Nieman | Let’s Just Call Them Small

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist John Nieman Dobbs Ferry, New York Let’s Just Call Them Small Watercolor Artist Statement For the longest time, I have delighted in the interplay between words and visuals. Perhaps it’s my preoccupation with pop culture, my fascination with cartoons, or my experience in the advertising world. Whatever the reason, I have now created hundreds of these pieces on various themes—from m&m’s, to flip-flops, to cowboys, and shrimp. I call them Visual Riddles. In each case, I create a bold image of a famous American icon or brand, which is painted over a list of names orRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Joanne Turner | “Vi” From “Feast” Series

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Joanne Turner Bromsgrove, United Kingdom “VI” from “Feast” Series Fine Art Photography Artist Statement Creativity is a distraction; it eases the mind and the body. Eating, a necessary but painful chore, nourishes the mind visually and the body. I am Mindful of cycles, seeds, beans, cysts, illness, fertility, infertility and then… the tests; the waiting. The porcelain-like surface of a white bean and a bean-sized growth inside the body that could end life. Yet a bean is a life; it is hope.I demand of myself, to continue to see the positive beauty in the simple, seeminglyRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Erik Kaye | Fresh, Raw, Golden-Eyed Bream

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Erik Kaye Funabashi, Japan Fresh, Raw, Golden-Eyed Bream Watercolor Artist Statement This is a highlight of my series of paintings of Japanese seafood packaging. The packaging iconography is very specific for Japanese shoppers, The head looks left, a sprig of parsley (sometimes plastic) is thrown in to represent that the fish is fresh. This package is deliberately upside down, to signify that this is not to be viewed as a commercial object. It’s a meditation on the beauty and diversity of aquatic life, and a rant against the packaging of death. The views expressed by ourRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Erik Kaye | Hakusai

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Erik Kaye Funabashi, Japan Hakusai Watercolor Artist Statement This was pretty much an exercise for me in accurately painting a green vegetable using Albrecht Durer’s sensibilities. The week before, we received a GORGEOUS Asian green vegetable that was like a huge flowering mandala but I didn’t have time to paint it. This was a predecessor to my aesthetic interest in Japanese packaged foods. The views expressed by our artists in their artist statements do not necessarily represent the views of our art galleries. Artists can be visually expressive but may verbally misrepresent their true intentions orRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Erik Kaye | Oishii Raaman

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Erik Kaye Funabashi, Japan Oishii Raaman Watercolor Artist Statement More than just a painting exercise, I wanted to see what a package of dried ramen would look like when presented monumentally. The viewer is invited to look at the 12 cent food item as an abstraction, as an aesthetic satisfaction completely removed from its utilitarian usage, as an artist does. The underlying philosophy is that aesthetics isn’t just a system for artists, but it coincides with the growth of any natural holistic system or process, dried noodles included. The views expressed by our artists in theirRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Erik Kaye | Tako

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Erik Kaye Funabashi, Japan Tako Watercolor Artist Statement This octopus was bought in a Japanese grocery store in a package, but I was inspired to paint it without it; it didn’t seem to want to be confined to a square of Styrofoam. It looks alive. Octopi are steamed for preservation before they are packaged and that enhances the rich red coloring. Here, I wanted to contrast the Japanese and American dispositions toward the world’s smartest invertebrate. While the Japanese view octopi as attractive and savory, we view them as disgusting and alien. As an abstraction, theseRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Laura Bigger | Winter Provisions

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Laura Bigger Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Winter Provisions Digital Drawing on Organic Cotton Artist Statement Fundamentally, my work asks how humans can live in the world in a responsible way. It addresses humanity’s relationship to food, domesticated animals and ecosystems. It also actively works toward balancing these relationships, whether by depicting an ideal to work toward or by more practically facilitating an experience within an art context that can be applied to daily living. This as an ecosystem-based approach in the sense that my art practice stimulates my mind and daily life and viceversa. Consequently, it isRead More →

Fork and Knife Artist Derrick Bullard | Beet The Lime

Fork and Knife Call for Entries Accepted Artists Artist Derrick Bullard Atlanta, Georgia Beet the Lime Fine Art Photography Artist Statement In my late teens after having painted over 100 works, I started getting bored with the teaching methods employed by my art teachers, and I began to explore other mediums and new ways of painting. This exploration and curiosity lead to the development of my own style of painting. I had always enjoyed cooking, as well as all the different colors and textures that food offered. Naturally, I started painting with food, although I soon found it to be costly and somewhat wasteful becauseRead More →