Bunch of Beets

"Bunch of Beets"

© w a van der Drift 2009

12 x 24" / oil on canvas

Big Bunch of Beets or Beetroot as we call them in Australia

I love the color of the stalks, spurting out life force from the

dull beets which struggled under the earth for such a period of time

to produce the most intense and radiant deep magenta / carmine

colors that one could imagine.

Two Sweet Potatoes ...in a field

oil on canvas / 12 x 16"

© w a van der Drift 2009

What is it about the humble sweet potato that says,

"don't paint me,

I'm an ugly old thing that lives under the ground.

I taste sweet,

I actually look great,

if you take the time to see beyond

my dirty face and my bumpy body.

I'm so sweet and bright on the inside,

but don't paint me that would be just too kind.

Perhaps you could find another one

as lonely as I am and we could be painted together ..."