A compendium of daily image making by Craig Stephens
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
opo squash 4x8
My sister went to see Nick Cave in San Francisco a few days ago and all I got was this strange vegetable! She picked it up in Little Saigon. She liked the colors and thought it would make a nice painting. Sold
Well, it is a very nice painting, with the juxtaposition of those complimentary colors, and all. It would look really good next to its chromatic opposite... an eggplant.
I was a bit chagrined to find out Mr. Opo (a.k.a. calabash, Italian edible gourd, long fruited gourd, long melon, long squash, peh poh, woo lo kua, hu lu gua, New Guinea bean, Tasmania bean, snake gourd, suzza melon, zuzza, yugao, po gua, kwa kwa or hu gua, upo, cucuzza, bau, dudhi or lauki) is a member of my least-favorite veggie family.
Just count your lucky stars I couldn't afford the durian...
I am an artist living in Northern California. In 1993 I graduated from
U.C. Davis where I took classes from Wayne Thiebaud, Dave Hollowell and Roy DeForest. I currently teach art at Chana High School in Auburn California. On this blog I have posted 1000 paintings in as many days. Lately I have not been as strict with my painting schedule although I still update this blog regularly. I want to do some larger paintings that may take me more than a day to complete. Unless marked otherwise, these paintings are for sale. Please direct all purchase enquiries to Elliot Fouts Gallery. If you are unsure about the availability of a painting, please don’t hesitate to email me.
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Well, it is a very nice painting, with the juxtaposition of those complimentary colors, and all. It would look really good next to its chromatic opposite... an eggplant.
I was a bit chagrined to find out Mr. Opo (a.k.a. calabash, Italian edible gourd, long fruited gourd, long melon, long squash, peh poh, woo lo kua, hu lu gua, New Guinea bean, Tasmania bean, snake gourd, suzza melon, zuzza, yugao, po gua, kwa kwa or hu gua, upo, cucuzza, bau, dudhi or lauki) is a member of my least-favorite veggie family.
Just count your lucky stars I couldn't afford the durian...
Ah yes, the zucchini wars...
Just be glad that the opo squash can't paint you!
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