What is your favorite summer treat?

Lobster! Ice cream! Huge hot dog! Icy cool cocktail of my dreams!

Abbie Zuidema, Food Mural. Buttercup~Hudson, NY. 2020

Epic painting mural project collaboration for @buttercuphudson with @ellaloudon.

It was 90 degrees.  It was a great time. @Ellaloudon and I sang our way through the 8x8 foot mural, dipping our brushes into a rainbow of colors.

The lobster roll, soft serve, giant hot dog and icy cool cocktail are by me!  Ella Loudon created the unforgettable logo. We added a gold tooth. My first collaboration/mural this size - cool process.  Who knew it was a life goal to paint a HUGE lobster?!

Hungry & thirsty to celebrate this new venture @buttercup. It’s a star studded show with all sorts of deliciousness. You’d be foolish NOT to go. 

Buttercup Hudson, NY  @buttercuphudson

https://www.buttercuptreats.com

Hospital Hospitality of NYC during COVID 19

New York - Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Original WOP for sale, all proceeds go to Hospital Hospitality go fund me.

“NYP/Weill Cornell Hospital”

Original WOP

Watercolor on Fabriano 6.5” x 5”

My dear friend @ninocirabisi has gone to bat for the dedicated folks who are making NYC healthy again at NYP / Weill Cornell Critical Care & The Brooklyn Hospital Center.

“A good cup of coffee, a healthy lunch, and a clean mask.   We're working with local restaurants, as well as food & beverage establishments all over the country to provide hospitals with snacks and healthy meals. Presently we are focusing on NYP / Weill Cornell Critical Care & The Brooklyn Hospital Center. It's our job, to show them how much we appreciate them. It's what New Yorkers do. They have our backs so we have theirs. “

25K goal – If you can, please donate whatever you can. If you'd like to help, we'd love to hear from you. If you need something, ask.  @ninocirabisi @nyphospital @wckitchen https://www.gofundme.com/f/hospital-hospitality-of-new-york

Custom 4x4’ Starbucks Gowanus Map

Starbucks custom commission

225 4th Ave. & Union-Brooklyn NY, 11215

"Gowanus - BK"

4ft x 4.6ft, Watercolor & Ink on Paper, 2018

Photo Jean Vong Photography

Potters in Protest - March 11th, 2019

A Charity Event by Helen Levi and Vinegar Hill House.

Monday, March 11th, VHH will be hosting a charity event dinner-Potters in Protest. This sumi ink painting was created especially for this occasion. I am happy to donate my work to a great cause! Seatings are available from 6pm to 9pm. You can buy tickets HERE.

“As people who give a shit, we are coming together in an effort to support organizations who stand for human rights.  We will be gathering for a humble meal of beans and homemade bread by Rick Easton to eat out of your chosen ceramic bowl, graciously donated from ceramicists around the country.  Wine will be provided by Wenzlau Vineyards.

Proceeds will be donated to the organizations UnLocal and Showing Up For Racial Justice”

Father's Day! Sailors Nautical Knots!

Father's Day, Sunday, June 15th, is right around the corner. 

Dads are notoriously the most difficult to buy for. Nautical knots are perfect gift!  They are fascinating. From the names of the individual knots, history, meaning & their function-I'm hooked.

I discovered The Ashley's Book of Knots, an incredible tome of a book that includes 4,000 knots! It blew my mind.

There are 4 different knots styles to choose from: Figure Eight Stoppers, Bowline, Sheepshank & True Lovers Knot (maybe not for Dad's day, but still quintessential). Or maybe you just need one for yourself.

All 4 knots are available in my Etsy shop. 

Each work on paper is drawn, then traced, then transferred to Fabriano watercolor paper via inkblot technique with India ink.  Individual knots are hand detailed with pen & ink, and finally filled with Dr. Martin’s Radiant Concentrated Water Color. 5.5" x 7.5"

*Custom Commissions are available*

Kohl's Summer Brights Servingware

Introducing KOHL'S "Summer Brights"~

From painting to servingware....

This post begins with an image of the painting that the "Summer Brights" collection is based on.  That work is then translated into plates & bowls & mugs.

I am so pleased to be able to share this newest addition to the porcelain collection.

Food Network™ KOHL'S Summer Brights 4-pc. Plate Setting

Lingerie Watercolors Prints on Etsy!

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Presenting six select lingerie prints from my watercolor collection, Knickers & Things, available in my Etsy shop. Prints will be available for $35 apiece.

Inspired by the desire to make something beautiful & decadent, this collection is a celebration of materials.  They investigate the intricacies of each garments construction stitch by stitch, simultaneously celebrating the unique personality of each piece.   Traditionally admired by one & then discreetly tucked away in a drawer, in the form a painting, all can admire its beauty.

Framed prints are also available at Bibber & Bell Wine & Spirits in Williamsburg, BK.  Swing by! See some art & sample some delicious wine.

Wishing everyone the best.

Happy Gobble day!

A.

Gobble! Gobble! Mondays Projects

My friend Nina Lalli of  Mondays Projects asked me to do a collaboration! Love those. She wondered if I would be interested in painting a turkey onto a platter for a special order?  It was a unique request, that we emabarked upon with many failed & hilarious attempts. The end results however were a success! We are both pleased as punch! 

P.s. We are taking orders for this special Turkey Platter~ there are a few people patiently waiting already!

Off to Denali hi ho hi ho!

Recently I was contacted on Etsy by Natalie who works for the Denali Education Center in Alaska! She wondered if I would be interested in participating in a 18th annual auction this summer.

Yes please!

How cool to send a map to Alaska of Alaska! (it really is the little things that make life good)

A little about the auction:

"The auction is a community event where over 450 people attend both from the Denali Borough of migratory workers, but also Alaskans from all over. We feature local artists and traveling artists who have been here and have works that were inspired by time here."

Today Alask is being mailed to Alaska~Bon voyage & thank you Natalie for the opportunity!

Group show in Williamsburg @Sideshow Gallery! Opening tonight January, 7th 2012 !!!

I've been invited to add my work to the group show at Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg. One of my mehndi paintings is framed & hanging! The opening is tonight January 7th, 2012, (unfortunately I will not be able to attend-I am working..)  Josh Goldberg, also has a piece in it, which is exciting to be able to show alongside my husband!

It happens every year & includes a TON of artist from the neighborhood. It's quite an event. The work is hung floor to ceiling french gallery style & everyone comes to see it. The gallery is PACKED. Literally there is someone at the door to limit how many people can go in at one time.  For some reason it always seems to fall on the coldest night of the year... this year it might be different. Should be really fun-check it out if you are in the neighborhood!

http://www.sideshowgallery.com/index.html

Watercolor Mehndi Fragments

When I make a painting I always test my colors on bits of paper.  I’ve taken those fragments of history & used them as backdrop for my drawing/painting practice.  I have always loved mehndi/henna.  It amazes me-all the individual gestures that work together to become story, a whole.  Mehndi is like handwriting. These paintings are me practicing my handwriting.
 
Original Watercolor painting
Sunrise Mehndi No.8
5.5"x7.75"
2011

*this new series can be seen in my Etsy shop*

Edible Queens! "Thai from the sky" , my Little Thailand map, on the one last bite page!

I am pleased to announce that my work is being featured on the "one last bite" page, in Edible Queens for the Fall Issue.  My Little Thailand map of Elmhurst, Queens has found its way to grace their pages & I am thrilled. Yippee! 

 

Montauk-"the end."

This is my love letter to Montauk.  Please click on image for a larger version. A little history, a little adventure (sharky) & surfing and some places to check out. I might have to make another map of this place. There is just so much to it!

This is also the map that I submitted to "they draw & travel"  website.  Lilla Rogers, founder of Lilla Rogers Studio, will then have 2 days to review all maps and pick her favorites. On July 27 (at Noon, Eastern Standard Time) winners will be announced on TDAT (and Facebook/Twitter too!)  The grand prize is $1,000 and the 5 runner-ups will each receive $200.They are having a contest to win 2,000.

Wouldn't that be cool?

They draw & travel was also sweet enough to give me a shout out on their blog.  Check it out, it is so nice.

http://www.theydrawandtravel.com/blog/illustrating-nycs-little-neighborhoods