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| The Taste of Tulalip, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches |
As a wedding and event painter, I watch people eat a lot of great food while I paint. Of course
clients offer me a plate, and sometimes even a place at the table, but I rarely
have time for that. If people are sitting down, it’s time for me to paint.
The Taste of Tulalip, in it’s seventh year, is an invitational bringing together chefs,
sommeliers, winemakers, and connoisseurs for a weekend of seminars,
demonstrations, and gala dinners. I painted during the Italian-themed celebratory
dinner, on a riser adjacent to the main stage.
My view
was much wider than I included in the painting, and this time I decided not to
try to bend the perspective to fit it all in. But I did make sure to get the
contortionist on the left.
Tulalip Resort
is a gaming casino, of course. So some time before dessert, the announcers
instructed everyone to look under the cushion of their seat, and the individual
who found there a sequined letter ‘T’ would go home with my painting. I painted
her in the lower right.
