I got my painting from Duane!

#131, by Duane Keiser.I emailed him and asked him what inspired it. Here's what he said:

“In one sense painting, like cooking, is about trying to transform simple ingredients into something extraordinary. This particular painting of a handmade powdered truffle (from For the Love of Chocolate in Richmond, VA) is, on one level, itself a kind of confection in that it is small and sweet and without any ambitions to be a meal. On another level, for me anyway, it is as much about the light and air around the truffle as it is about its wonderful powdery texture.”

This is like a blind date that turned out really, really well. I love my painting. I also love the saltwater taffy painting. 

#129, by Duane Keiser.

But most of all, I love the idea of an artist who can grasp inspiration, realize it, and release it—on a daily basis. This makes me very happy!

You might have read about Duane Keiser a while back. He's the guy who does a painting a day and posts it online, where you can buy one from his archives or lay claim to a future one (I just bought #131). Duane has been written about in places like The Huffington Post, and there are videos of him painting peanut butter and jelly and candy apples at YouTube.

Actually, there are a lot of food paintings at his site. I wish someone would buy #119.

#119, by Duane Keiser.But I bet few people know that it's a view of a bowl of chicken-and-rice soup.