Drupe Monde
15 November 2025
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
As you can see below, this was a repurposed canvas. It was someone sprinkling some croissants with a sign reading "Cafe Du Monde". That can be taken two ways...a cafe of the world a cafe for all. Now we have Cherry World or Cherries for All. Either works for me. Personally, I think maraschino cherries are the best way to ruin a cherries. They're typically used in cherry cordials of which I received all the time as a paperboy as Christmas approached. Originally, I was (and did) paint a large backhoe because I saw it regularly when driving to the airport. As you can see in the gif, I began to think no one (or almost no one) would want to hang a painting of a backhoe in their home. I don't paint to have things in the homes of others, but I do paint to strike something in peoples' hearts and minds. That was the first impetus to take a 180. The other was a pending call-for-art entitled Just Desserts. I hope this is accepted.
The original, "Cafe du Monde" on the left and a gif covering 74 days, six days of work
I thought the frame holding the original painting worked well. Simple and natural.
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