Japanese Garden - Glass Cutting Board kitchen art Original watercolor on paper

Original watercolor on paper

and is a little lighter

This is a Japanese Maple that lives in my front yard and I watch it go through many metamorphoses throughout the seasons

I hang it upside down to give it a more surreal and dramatic look

Japanese Garden - Glass Cutting Board kitchen art Original watercolor on paperThe watercolor was painted while sitting in someone's garden just after harvest time, as the tomatoes were beginning to dry up on the vine. I painted right onto the page with no drawing, feeling into the curvy lines of the vegetables and vines. It was a very intuitive piece. As a glass cheese or bread board, it adds a colorful, artsy look to the kitchen. It can be stored by a window, giving it a stained glass effect. This tempered glass 11x 15 cutting