I photographed this still life drop-in session hosted by Council St Life Drawing as part of Testing Grounds Summer Emporium. Zoe from Council St set up an incredibly long table of gloriousness, a healthy supply of art supplies and an invitation to any passers-by to join in a FREE drawing session.
Keeping in mind food waste (an ongoing concern for Zoe) she curated the scene using food that was either being thrown out, squashed, brown or heavily discounted on its last legs. I loved the slow meandering in the way people joined in, let themselves yield to the process and participate in some great discussion.
In Zoe’s words, it was “…an ode to summer nights; sharing meals with friends outside and enjoying the last of the seasonal produce, lazily playing cards, reading books and happily slurping the last drops of a shared wine. There were so many great conversations over the course of the day about how we interact with food and how in turn this connects us to our bodies, all the way from market visits to just eating toast in friend’s kitchens. This still-life scene is about my love of hosting, sharing food, eating and making food, and of course - art. It’s as always just about putting your pen to the page and letting go of expectations, knowing that like all these veggies - being wonky and a lil weird looking - is always more interesting (that goes for both ya body and your drawings).”
