Dining Bat

"LIFE ON SUGARLOAF"

is a series of 12 dozen articles

inspired by our surroundings near Key West.

My partner , Bill Suddaby, wrote them.

I'll do a dozen digital illustrations for the self-published book.

"EXPLORERS"

"EXPLORERS"

Oil on panel; 16 X 20 inches

An imaginary outing on the water.

Near an interesting shoreline.

Where all sorts of plants grow.

IF: "CARRY"

"CARRY"

is word-of-the-week

on

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY.

Too good a pun to pass up.

Corel Painter.

TURKEY MEAT BALLS

Dice up some garlic and a big shallot and cook in butter in a skillet ‘til translucent. Set aside to cool.

While that’s on : wash , drain and chop cilantro and scallions. Grate a big handful of cheese

(I used snoked gouda for our party; usually use parmesan or a hard savory cheese) and 

mix with the greens in a bowl. Toss with a good amount of Italian breadcrumbs until coated.

In the same bowl add lean, ground turkey meat and one whole egg and the shallot garlic 

mixture. I clean up the excess butter from the skillet with a bit of breadcrumbs and add that, 

too. Mix all together by hand until greens and shallots equally dispersed.

Put a big skillet on with olive oil and start to make the meatballs. When the oil is hot,  space

 them around the skillet and turn them as needed til done. It’s really a big assembly line of 

rolling the balls whilst the others cook. Remove the cooked ones to drain on paper towels.

Add more oil if needed to the pan and bring to temperature and start the next group.

These can be frozen to microwave later. I made my batch the day before and just 

refrigerated.

PHOTO: HOBBS

"EXOTICA"

Acrylic, watercolor on collage.

Badry collection.

Some prints still available.

"DOG, DOG, DOG, DOG"

One of many dog images, you know.

Lucky 13 of 25 prints. $50.

Impressed drawing with oil pastel,

watercolor and acrylic.

The watercolor fills the drawing's grooves

but beads up on the oil pastel.

This was such a flat design I set them running

in front of ancient pyramids on the Nile.

"A GOURMAND"

That means chow-hound.

Signed edition of 25 prints

from the mixed medium original.

Watercolor over oil pastel

for a sketchy line.

About 6 X 8 inches for an 11 X 14 inch frame. $38.