It’s Mount Rainer Cherry season here in the Pacific Northwest! After getting fresh cherries at the Farmer’s Market on a warm summer day – we went for a cocktail. Bartenders around here use seasonal produce and since cherries are in season the drink of the day was cherry themed. Well, the drink was so good it inspired our friend to say “Wow, this drink is almost a religious experience!”.
“Amen, sister!” I replied.
“Halleluiah!” added Judy.
Then I went back to the studio and created this piece.
Cherry Season – by Clancy – 7 x 5 inches – acrylic and gouache on board
It ended up being an artistic exercise/challenge in getting the two-colored cherries to look round, and the glass to look glass-like.
Since this one is slightly different than my usual sort of thing I sent an image of “Cherry Season” to the gallery owner at Caplan Art Designs – who said it’ll be included in my exhibit later this year! And I’m to keep ’em coming! Wahoo!!
Anyway, in looking up cherry-drink recipes for this post I found this link – which seems the closest to the drink we had at our local pub. http://www.cookingandbeer.com/2015/06/rainier-cherry-and-orange-campari-cocktails/
Cheers!
I love the way you’ve painted the cherries. They look so curvy and plump and juicy. The drink sounds delicious. Yum.
Lol! Thanks for that. I really worked at those cherries!