The Art of Cooking

This is not about painting art but cooking art.... So this time of year when you now have a billion of tomatoes and the thought of freezing or canning more, makes your head spin and all your friends run when they see you coming with yet another bag, you know it is time to make homemade tomato soup and I have the best recipe for you, to some this may sound familiar as this is the 4Bs soup, I find that with the fresh tomatoes, since they are a bit sweet you can add less sugar. Here goes...

32 ounces of Canned diced tomatoes (for us gardeners, fresh)
9 ounces chicken broth
1 ounce Butter
2 TBLS sugar
1 TBLS chopped onion
1 pinch of Baking soda
2 Cups cream

Directions: Mix together everything but cream, and simmer 1 hour. Heat cream in double boiler, add cream to hot tomato mixture.

so delish...One piece of advice, at least make a double batch, I did a quadruple batch up to the cream part and froze it for winter, just take out, heat up and add cream.
If you try this recipe, please come back and post what you thought, thanks buon appetito

Greeting card, ACEO card and pretty envelope

card, ACEO, Envelope
Originally uploaded by Bella Cosa Art

Chatting with an artist friend of mine (check out her great shop http://donnadidit.etsy.com ), she came up with this brilliant idea, we brainstormed it a bit more and this is what came about. She so generously let me share in the idea and do them also.
A blank greeting card that acts as a mat, for a removable ACEO card on the inside. It is all hand painted in watercolors on special watercolor paper cards. These are so fun.

Newest painting, finished yesterday, I really like how it turned out, may have to do another pear one soon.
This one is going directly to my new outlet for my art.
I was asked to bring in my work to a local art gallery/interior design place in town. It is very nice place that shows some beautiful fine art work in. I am very excited for this opportunity and hope that it leads to good things. I will keep you posted.

Also for donation

These earrings are going to the same cause as the painting below
I am slowly creating a new jewelry line, these are completely handcrafted, from cutting out the copper from sheets to hand bending the silver ear wires. They are completed with stamping and gemstones.

Donation

I recently painted this little 6x6 painting to donate to a local cause, South Valley Peds Family Center. It helps families in our area receive support and help, including families with children on the autistic spectrum, which is close to my heart since my daughter has Aspergers. I am hoping this painting will help fund this great cause.

American Art Collector Magazine September issue

I know, I know, promises, promises.... really I am trying to blog more, I will continue to try to do better.
For today I am happy to show you the ad that my Daily Painters Abstract Blog put together.
So mine is the one with the shoes, perfume and lipstick. I am hoping it stands out and gets noticed. With everything in this business, I am hoping for big things but expecting nothing.
So what do you think?

Hello again

It has been so long since I have updated here, over a month. School got out and I have not stopped since and things don't look to be slowing down for yet another month and half. So I decided I needed to just make some time.
We just recently were on vacation in California, so I thought over the next few days I would post photos that inspired me from there.
This first photo is of a little flower shop in Sausalito, I love how in warmer climates flowers are always on the street. I took so many of such like photos. Breath deeply smell the pleasant sweetness in the air.