Artist Replies: "Is it O.K. if I Paint With it?"
Wellington artist Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi creates beautiful artwork using cabbage, kale, carrots and other vegetables.
She'll be painting with kids November 8 at Royal Palm Beach Farmer's Market and demonstrating her technique at Oceanside Farmers Market in Lake Worth November 21& 28 and December 5, 12 & 19.
Wellington, FL - While searching her brain for a new art activity to share with her students, ArtStart founder and president Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi took some vegetables from her refrigerator to prepare dinner for her family.
As fate would have it, she accidentally knocked over a small jar of acrylic paint, which had been left on the counter from a previous art activity. The paint spilled onto a head of cabbage, and, much like the famous peanut butter / chocolate accident seen in television commercials for a certain confection, a new painting style was born.
In her attempt to remove the paint from the leafy vegetable by dabbing it with a paper towel, she noticed that the resulting marks on the towel were quite interesting; so she took a piece of canvas board and repeated the step, this time with a more deliberate motion. "I just loved the way the 'brushstrokes' looked on the canvas board," she said, so the artist "sat down and created a landscape painting," using not only the kale but also sliced carrots, potatoes and bell peppers as her paint brushes.
When she introduced it to her class, Parssi's students so enjoyed this new art activity that she decided to share it with other young artists, beginning November 8 in Royal Palm Beach.
BRING THE KIDS TO RPB FARMER'S MARKET AND THEY CAN CREATE THEIR VERY OWN CARDS USING VEGETABLES AND KID-SAFE PAINT
"This is one way to get kids to enjoy their vegetables," said Parssi.
Sunday, November 8, 11am-3pm ArtStart kid's vegetable paint activity. Hey kids! Create your own holiday cards at the Royal Palm Beach Farmer's Market, Southern Pines Crossing (Costco parking lot) at 11001 Southern Boulevard.
Parssi's vegetable paintings will be available for purchase, with a portion of each sale benefiting ArtStart, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide educational opportunities in the arts.
PAINTING DEMONSTRATIONS AT OCEANSIDE FARMER'S MARKET
Parssi will demonstrate her technique for visitors at the Oceanside Farmers Market in Lake Worth
Saturdays from 8am-1pmon the following dates:
November 21& 28; December 5, 12 & 19.
Lakeside Farmers Market is located at 1 S. Ocean Blvd. in Lake Worth. Telephone (561) 547-3100.
Parssi's vegetable paintings will be available for purchase, with a portion of each sale benefiting ArtStart.
Contact Jeannette Pomeroy Parssi. Tel: (561) 635-2037 e-mail
Jeannette@JPParssi.com.