The Art of Comfort Food at Surovek Gallery

The sale of yeast in the U.S. increased by 647% at the end of March and is still on the rise. Baking, during this shelter-in-place time has been one of the things that many people are using as a distraction, a family activity and a comfort.

Picasso’s “Blind Man” edited by Valentina Di Liscia
Hyperallergic

Artists have always been inspired by the way we cultivate, prepare, transport and eat our food. The way in which an artist presents us with a vision of how they see an apple, or a wheat field gives us a new perspective and often turns the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Montoya and Ortiz

Luis Montoya and Leslie Ortiz have been creating food-focused sculptures since 1994.

Montoya and Ortiz
Martini Time
7 1/2 x 10 x 39 inches
For sale at Surovek Gallery

Their sculptures are both masterful and playful and get the viewer to see a piece of fruit or vegetable, that we usually take for granted, in all its glory.

Montoya and Ortiz
Hazelnuts, 2010
9 x 30.5 x 5.5 inches
Edition 1 of 1
For sale at Surovek Gallery

William Glackens

William Glackens was instrumental in creating an appreciation of modern art in America.

William Glackens
Fruit on Plate with Knife
Oil on Canvas
13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches
Signed:WG
For sale at Surovek Gallery

His works have a warmth that reflect the European influence and his American sensibility.

Orville Bulman

The culture of Haiti fascinated Bulman, who was born and raised in Michigan.

Orville Bulman
Chapeau Fastueux, 1959
Oil on canvas
18 x 20 inches
Signed: Bulman (l.l.)
For sale at Surovek Gallery

Many of Bulman’s works depict Haitian men, women and children carrying baskets of food on their heads.

Julio Larraz

Miami-based artist, Julio Larraz, began his career as a political cartoonist. His paintings have a carefully honed, sharp edged vision.

Julio Larraz
Gourds and Pomegranates, 1974
36.25 x 48.25 inches
Signed and dated lower right
For sale at Surovek Gallery

Larraz’s attention to detail has made him one of the world’s most influential Latin American painters.

Stephen Scott Young

A masterful watercolorist, Stephen Scott Young divides his time between his South Florida studio and his home in the Bahamas.

Stephen Scott Young
The Pantry
Watercolor on paper
27 x 22 1/2 inches
Signed: SS Young (l.l.)
For sale at Surovek Gallery

His works are part of the permanent collection of the Brandywine River Museum, the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida and many others.