Inside the Artist's Kitchen-- the Q&A

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Gwendolyn Zabicki || Q&A

31 March 2015 by Kristina in Comfort Q&A Comfort-Kitchen - No Comments

Artist: Gwendolyn Zabicki*

Show: Cool and Dark

 

1.) What kind of artist do you consider yourself?

 I’m a painter. 

 

2.) What drew you to Comfort Station, and what did you do with the space?

 It’s such an unusual space, with odd walls and lots of windows. The space really did dictate where everything was hung. I showed there in July with Eleanor Ray and Greta Waller. 

 

 

3) What artist from all of history would you like to invite to dinner, and what would you feed them?

 I just watched Werner Herzog’s excellent Cave of Forgotten Dreams, so I think I would like to invite one of the Chauvet Cave painters who lived 32,000 years ago to dinner. We would eat steaks and scallops, maybe a nice salad. 

 

4) What is your favorite food memory?

 That’s a tough one. Going to Superdawg with my family is the obvious choice, but I think my favorite food memory would be the insane cakes my mom makes for my birthday. They have themes like “tea party lost at sea” and “pony smoking a cigarette while frying an egg.” 

 5) What piece of art do you secretly want to steal?

There are so many! I’d like to steal Self Portrait in a Wolf Fur Coat (1915) by Anders Zorn. I’d like to steal some of Amy Bennett’s paintings. They would be particularly easy to steal because they are so small. Slip them in your pocket, no one would notice! I’d like some Vija Celmins paintings,  a few Lynette Yiadom Boakye portraits. Maybe I’ll go on a crime spree. 

 

Self Portrait in a Wolf Fur Coat (1915) by Anders Zorn.

*Gwendolyn also works tirelessly to bring art to her community with the South Logan Arts Coalition.

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Inside the Artist's Kitchen-- the recipe

I was interviewed for Inside the Artist's Kitchen. I made Manitaropita for them. It was fun!

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Manitaropita

31 March 2015 by Kristina in Comfort Recipe Comfort-Kitchen - 1 Comment

Just finding your way to Gwendolyn’s house is an adventure in itself. We happened upon some helpful neighbors who pointed us in the right direction. Juuuust down this path. Yep really.

Kitchen plant.

‘Fruit bowl’

A glimpse of the dining room.

Salt & Pepper.

There is even a chef’s knife hand forged in Vermont.

Manitaropita

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Filling Step 1

1. 24 oz Mushrooms
2. 3 Tbsp Olive oil
3. 2 Tbsp Soy sauce
4. 2 Tbsp Sugar

Filling step 2

1. 2 Bunches of Green onions
2. 2 Garlic cloves
3. 1 Bunch of Parsley

Filling step 3

1. 2 eggs
2. Lots of grated cheese, Swiss
3. Salt
4. Pepper
5. 1 Package Phyllo dough, Thawed

Instructions

1. 1. Chop mushrooms and fry with olive oil, soy sauce, and sugar. Set aside.
2. 2. Chop ingredients and fry with olive oil.
3. 3. Combine ingredients from steps 1 + 2 with eggs, cheese, salt, and pepper.
4. 4. Assemble. Visual directions below.
5. 5. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Some visual directions:

Open the phyllo dough.

Cut phyllo dough squares into 3 even strips. Cover unused pieces with a wet paper towel. Take 1 strip and brush liberally with olive oil on both sides.

Place some filling at the top of the strip and fold the top right corner down to the left side to form a triangle. Pro tip: Fold it like the American Flag. Continue cross folding until the whole strip is used.

A Helpful diagram we found.

Bake. Serve. Eat.

Some art around the house:

New present painting

Gift painting almost finished

Gift painting with actual gift

studio visit-- Ann Toebbe

I visited the studio of Ann Toebbe the other day. Fabulous work! I could look at her collages for days. 

 She rents a basement apartment near her home and uses it as a studio, which winds up being cheaper and larger than most properties rented as art studios.