Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Recent Mural

I was recently hired to do a mural. I love doing murals. I get to have a break from the kiddos and I get to paint ALL DAY. It's amazing. Usually the client gives you what they want in a very specific manner which makes things so easy. In this case I was given a photo and told to do something like it with the word "imagine" and maybe a squirrel. 
Done.
You got it.




Then over here, maybe some wild flowers. Of course.

I kind of wish this was my room.
Super fun.
I am very pleased with how it turned out. I believe I was done in around 5.5 hours. Not bad.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Rhea B

I learned how to make these pizza rolls after college when living with my roommate Rhea B. I brought it back for a light dinner recently. I am still struggling with how to best cook them because after 10 years I don't remember exactly how she did it but they are worth the difficulty of figuring it out.


Use refridgerated pizza dough in the pop open tube/can and sprinkle on powdered spaghetti sauce mix from a packet and layer on some toppings. I used black olives and green olives in the one pictured above. I baked it at 325 for 20 minutes and used aluminum foil to lay over it to avoid over browning during this time. Then I ended up cutting it in half and seeing the center still doughy. I turned cut sides out and kept using foil to cover the opposite ends. After another 5 or 10 minutes the roll was perfect. Slice and serve! MMMmmmmm. A hit with all ages.