Category: fine art

art and design related stuff

New Mangoes, Fresh Honey & Coconuts, New ART

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For today’s Wednesday 3-6 PM ARTfarmstand: we have humongous, delicious Kensington mangoes from the orchard out at Irene Lawaetz’s farm. Also mildly sweet, juicy and crunchy Malay apples – the pink, Caribbean answer to a pear.

Spicy microgreens, sweet salad mix, fresh honey, lemongrass, Italian basil, garlic chives, Kang-Kong Asian water spinach, bok choi, Bodhi purple yard long beans, Trinidadian Perfume seasoning peppers, chili peppers, sweet peppers, two varieties of local bananas; Julie, Nam Duc Mai and Haitian Kidney mangoes, and pineapples.

Even if you don’t need to shop, come out and sit in our breezy farmstand on one of the ARTfarm lounge chairs, and enjoy a freshly cut open coconut full of sweet coconut water, and enjoy the conversation.

In other ARTfarming news, we are VERY excited that Luca has started painting again! Soon come, a little mini show of brand-new works in the ARTbarn Gallery (yes, we have finally removed the beehive that was living in the wall)!!!

Love,
ARTfarmers

Pomodōromonsutā at ARTfarm! Get your ninja sword!

The so-called "Tomato Monster" is made up of a farmer, tomatoes, and string beans.
AAAIIIEEEEEE! It's the Tomato Monster (Pomodōromonsutā)! Get your samurai sword and make salsa!!

Pomodōromonsutā is Japanese for Tomato Monster!! Look out for the giant tomato monster! Everything he touches with his Super Organic Power turns into a delicious, juicy tomato! Quick! Get your ninja sword and slice some of these tomatoes up! Hai! HAI! HAI! Domo!!

Today’s stand features: spicy mix, microgreens, arugula, onions, scallions, loads of cherry tomatoes, big tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, Bodhi beans, kale, broccoli leaves, sage, thyme, italian basil, lemon basil, holy basil, chives, dill, cilantro, parsley, lemon balm, sweet peppers, hot peppers, pumpkin, papaya, sunflowers and zinnia flowers.

KiiiiiYAAAIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!

The Palletteers Visit the ARTfarm

The St. Croix Palletteers group poses at the ARTfarm holding the paintings they created during their visit.
The St. Croix Palletteers spent the morning exploring the ARTfarm and painting the scenery. At the end of their weekly painting session they gather to share their artworks!

The St. Croix Palletteers spent the morning exploring the ARTfarm today. They painted Senepol cows, mangoes, wooden sheds and “junk piles”. A great time was had by all!

The Palletteers have a blog at palletteersofstcroix.blogspot.com. These renegade plein air painters visit all kinds of places on St. Croix and have fun capturing the scenery.

Thanks for the visit!

South Shore Art Produce at Machete Machete

Last night we attended the opening of Nadine Donath‘s exhibition of cyanotype prints, “Not Here Either”, at Machete Machete Gallery, during the last Art Thursday event of the 2010-2011 season.

Donath’s dozens of mysterious, watery ‘photograms’ in hundreds of shades of cobalt blue, were created with tiny snippets of plants and trees from around the ARTfarm and nearby pastures. Viewing the work was oddly personal, it seemed like a family photo album to us.

Donath, a native of Berlin and resident of New York City, has been here on St. Croix for a month. As an artist in residence at Thomas Shelley’s Machete Machete Gallery, she has been producing her own work, giving a workshop on cyanotype printing, and just learning about and enjoying the microcosm of St. Croix.

We purchased two prints. At $100 each, you’d do well to purchase four or six of these beautiful little images and frame them together as a little visual poem of the wilds of St. Croix. Donath heads off the rock this Saturday, but the show hangs through July. Get yourself over to Machete Machete on Company Street on your lunch hour or for one of their hipster movie nights and enjoy this cool blue show.

– Christina