This afternoon, against my better judgement, I spooned onto my plate a big dollop of special red hot chili mango pickle that I had brought with me from India during my last trip. I really love the taste even if my mouth invariably is on fire, my eyes water and my sinuses start clearing up in a hurry. Its an indulgence I occasionally give in to. I remembered reading that peppers crank up the capsaicin content for self defense and fully appreciated the creativity behind the evolutionary weapon! Two days ago I was excited when my husband brought in first four shiny green Jalapeno peppers of this season, from the garden. Over the years I have also enjoyed painting (in color pencils) the peppers. I love the bright red color of the ripe peppers. Hanging Fire (16x12") is painted in watercolors on hot press board. I carefully misted the paper with water after painting the peppers and the basket with geraniums.
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I love the red in the painting too.
ReplyDeletered is impressive
ReplyDeletebeautiful painting i liked it
Thank you, Kathy and Kishore. I think interesting that red signifies danger as well as love :)
ReplyDeleteThis is really a fluid picture with a great punch of colors.. the peppers of course!
ReplyDeleteThank you Cathy! I too liked how the painting turned out.
ReplyDeleteHi Meera
ReplyDeleteThe red hot chillies offset against the cooler greens here is perfect! And a well made chilly pickle can go a long way with any meal!
Thank you, Sandeep. And you are right about the pickles too :)
ReplyDeletelovely subject and you have painted it incredibly well! Love you write up too!
ReplyDelete@Sparrowhawk, Thanks! Its funny how even though I have this painting hanging in my dining room, until my husband pointed it out as his favorite for my 'Seven Links Project' I had not not thought about its beauty much :) I am really pleased about how it turned out!
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