my first cupcake on a polka dot plate . . .

cupcake on a polka dot plate

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

myra anderson

Oh how I envy those painters who can paint stuff on plates!

my first fruit tart . . .

fruit tart

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

myra anderson

ahhhh . . .
how wonderfully made . . .
your art of every hue and scent
to savor . . .
made to peacefully come together
in the sweet cream of life . . .
one day you will remove all barriers
that separate one from another . . .
and your art -
your beautiful, colorful art
will stand forever . . .

chocolate chip heart and a ballerina sketch . . .

chocolate chip heart

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

myra anderson

my chocolate chip heart

you're the pickle in the tuna

of my salad dreams . . .

you're the red satin thread

running thru my purple seams . . .

you are the chocolate chip of my heart . . .

yes,

I'm beautiful . . .

I'm velvety . . .

I'm sweet . . .

but I'm nothing without your

ka-beat . . .

ka-beat . . .

ka-beat . . .

my chocolate chip heart . . .

you complete me . . . 

ballerina practice sketch

'my' candy corn cupcake . . .

my original sketch

myra paint me a cupcake!

on a more serious note . . .

a cupcake paintin' practice

8x8 oil on canvas panel

myra anderson

This painting shows that somewhere within me I AM capable of a looser brushstroke.

sometimes even I know when I have gone too far . . .

cupcake love #2

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

myra anderson

What in the name of sanity is going on here?  Myra quit playin' and get back to work!

cupcake love #2

when you run to the fridge

'cause it's calling your name . . .

when your answer is 'cupcake'

when you play every game . . .

you named your kid "Butterscotch"

and people think you're insane . . .

you're not -

you have cupcake love
ps c'mon bonnie and paint a cupcake!

today - 'cupcake love' . . . next - 'an elegant cupcake' . . .

'cupcake love'

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

myra anderson

Sometimes I wish that I could go back and once again paint with the 'freeness?' 'fearlessness?' that you see in children's artwork.  These lovely ladies are from Janettmarie's art class 'Cookies and Canvas'.  What a fun name.  I wish I could be in this class.  Anyway, I found their wonderful artwork inspiring so finally I did decide to revisit some of my artwork as a child.  Here I added my figurative artwork to this cupcake painting.  I was seventeen when I drew this one.   I wish I could have painted a more elegant cupcake here but I am looking forward to painting this composition and theme again.

For my next cupcake painting I was asked to paint an 'elegant' cupcake.  I think that I have finally achieved that.  Will post soon.

cupcake love

when you can't concentrate . . .

and you can't sleep at night . . .

and with just the name whispered

you are filled with delight . . .

when you find yourself buying

extra toppings and whipped cremes . . .

you call that 'cupcake love'

ps c'mon Bonnie - paint a cupcake!

i been to taffy town - not to be confused with daffy town . . .

i been to taffy town

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

myra anderson

Believe it or not - it was not easy for me to get this far.  Oh how I admire those dessert artists who have rich creamy chocolate at the end of their brush.  My first two attempts for a more decent cupcake painting were a disaster.  With the first painting I thought to myself  'why am I even painting?'  With the second painting I asked myself  'will I be defeated by a $2.50 cupcake?'  'Nay!' I said. 'Nay!'  (That's how I really talk.)  So I mustered up all of my "paintin' a cupcake power" and finally this came out!  And now I am tired . . . and now I must rest . . . but first . . .

i been to taffy town

loaded with sugar -

heavy with spice -

sprinkled with cinnamon -

once, maybe twice -

filled with chocolate -

baked in a cup -

before I hit the road to taffy town

okay, maybe cezanne shouldn't have a cupcake . . .

'okay, maybe cezanne shouldn't have a cupcake'

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

by myra anderson

Moving on . . .

'cupcake cezanne' WIP - step 1 and 2

'cupcake cezanne' otherwise known as

'si bonnie avait un petit gateau' otherwise known as

'if bonnie had a cupcake'

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

by myra anderson

Here is step 1 and step 2 of my painting 'cupcake cezanne'.  At last!  This cupcake looks a little more realistic! (Those are chocolate chips by the way.)  There is a book entitled '500 Cupcakes'.  I think the artist Bonnie should buy this book.  She should bake each cupcake in this book.  She should send me a sample of each of these cupcakes.  I will then paint these cupcakes.  I will then eat these cupcakes. . . 

the second cupcake that I have ever painted . . .

serait ce bon gout avec le cafe de la janettmarie #2?

otherwise know as

would this taste good with the coffee of janettmarie #2?

Until she begs me to stop harassing her, I am having fun with this series of  'janettmarie cupcake' paintings.  As you can see, I am by no means the master of cupcake art.   Once, I went to lunch with my sister and someone asked 'why she still looked elegant'  while I had food on the floor, in my nostrils, on my clothes and in my hair.  'You ate while she dined', my other sister said.  Debbie Miller certainly represents 'fine dining' in cupcake art.

fine dining of debbie miller

fine dining of janettmarie

and now, from the files of 'one cup of coffee too many'

what is brown

if I am not brown? . . .

what is cream

if I am not cream? . . .

what is cup

if I am not in a cup? . . .

what is coffee?

I is coffee!
(the name of this poem is
'full of myself'
by coffee)

my very first cupcake WIP . . .

'serait ce bon gout avec le cafe de la janettmarie?'

otherwise known as

'would this taste good with the coffee of janettmarie?'

8x8 acrylic on canvas panel

by myra anderson

I was overly cautious with this one - I could have done more.  As usual this painting looks so much nicer in person.  I'm working on a second cupcake and this time I'll pay more attention to details.