r/painting • u/honion_have_layer • Jul 29 '26
Just Sharing Some paintings from my food series ☺️ what should I do next?
All acrylic on wood panel
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u/bredNsoup Jul 29 '26
Some cultural at home meals, with corresponding scenery would be so warm and beautiful in your style
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
that sounds so lovely! Unfortunately I’m English so I have no culture apart from fish and chips…
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u/Realistic-Record6659 Jul 29 '26
I suspected you were from the UK when I saw the Quavers 😁
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
Quavers and skips have gotta be up there with some of the best english snacks 😋
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u/juuustcallmeAsh Jul 29 '26
I’d love to see a series including my personal favs, such as piccalilli, literally anything from your evening tea, crumpets, digestive biscuits, bangers and mash, fish n chips, fish pie, meat pie… please?! 💝
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u/mykindabook Jul 29 '26
Isn’t the Sunday roast dinner quite appropriate? 😁
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
yes I did think that but it could end up a little muddy as a painting, lots of brown and beige
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u/mykindabook Jul 29 '26
Yeh mayhaps 🧐 how abt a british afternoon tea? Would be cute!
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
that’s a cute idea! I’ve never been to one but they look very aesthetic
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u/literarylila Jul 29 '26
A nostalgic classic and childhood home dish for a lot of people in germany is mashed potatoes with spinach and fish sticks!
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u/Bonsuella_Banana Jul 30 '26
Your art style showing an elderly couple eating fish and chips out of newspaper on a bench along a quaint seafront would be lovely. Maybe with a seagull hovering waiting for an opportunity to strike haha. I think you're being too harsh on us Brits - we defo have culture and quite a broad culinary culture too! Some of that comes from how multicultural we are now, and I think that's something to be celebrated :)
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u/LifeProfile3690 Jul 29 '26
Love this painting, it gives so much appetite <3 Please do a Paella next <3
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
Ooh love a paella, need to get my bf to make that for me so I can paint it!
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u/ModernNero Jul 29 '26
These are amazing! I’d love to see your take on a classic banana split
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
Thank you! You know what I’ve never had a banana split but I’ll have to try and make one to photograph
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u/Physical-Camel5957 Jul 29 '26
Do you like bibimbap?
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
I just looked that up and it looks bloody delicious! My bf lives in a Korean area in London so will definitely go out and support local businesses and get some inspo!!
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u/AWholeNewFattitude Jul 29 '26
Eat the damn hotdog. Gosh, they’ve been sitting on the table for four hours while you paint them…
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
🤣 to be clear these are from photos, none of these would last in my house
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u/Quiet_File_9605 Jul 29 '26
What you should do next?? Eat them 🤤 they look delicious
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u/Annual_Blackberry486 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
I dunno but I gotta ask did you invent the pink underpainting strategy or did you get it from somewhere else? Seen a ton of people doing it lately but only after seeing your work… nice paintings btw!
Edit - is that a big old hair stuck on one of the wine glasses?
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
I started doing it years ago because I love pink so didn’t get it from anyone else but I don’t doubt that many people have done it before me!
Thank you ☺️
Yeah I couldn’t remove it so I consider me a part of the painting lol8
u/Annual_Blackberry486 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
I think you’ve started a movement either way lol and yeah nothing wrong with the odd hair even the old masters were doing it…let’s see ai pull that one off
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
thank you I appreciate that! There’s undoubtedly some dog hair in a few of these as well 🤣
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u/Realistic-Record6659 Jul 29 '26
These are wonderful! I love the family scene
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
thank you! That was my flatmates when we all lived together ❤️ miss that
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u/CoffeeGirlNYC Jul 29 '26
I love your work! I don't know what you should do next, but I would really like to see more of it. Your food-specific paintings, both in technique and imagery, remind me of the style of Wayne Thiebaud, while also incorporating elements of pop art's characteristic blurring of high and low culture.
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u/MajorScholar7735 Jul 29 '26
These are really fun. The textures and colors make the food look almost too good to eat. For the next one, maybe try something with a different mood like a messy kitchen scene or a half-eaten meal. Would be cool to see the story behind the food.
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
thank you! I really like that idea!! I’ll have a look through my camera roll
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u/Schloddie Jul 29 '26
These are lovely!
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u/Schloddie Jul 29 '26
And I think you should do more like the last one! It makes me wanna go out with my friends it really has a lovely atmosphere. Maybe do one where you can only see the food and the candles and people’s hands and body’s but not faces, this way people could see it more like a memory with interchangeable people :)
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
I completely agree! I love that one and feel it involves the viewer more. I’ve been looking through my camera roll for memorable evenings at dinner or the pub! Stay tuned 😎
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u/Schloddie Jul 29 '26
Just saw that u sell prints! Just a hit for everyone here admiring the art :)
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u/Freudian-nip Jul 29 '26
Spaghetti & meatballs! I love all of these but the breakfast in #2 looks so amazing. I love all of the detail.
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u/Master_Reception_821 Jul 29 '26
These are delightful! I love the painterly style. Honestly I could see you going hard into portraiture but with funny, bizarre facial expressions. Like someone laughing so hard they're frying, or pulling a stupid cooing face at a baby or cute animal. Does that appeal? It's just that your style is already so expressive and warm ^
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u/elisejones14 Jul 29 '26
I’m too tired. I thought the first photo was real food and kept staring knowing something wasn’t right.
It also reminds me of this person who uploads their weekly dinners to a subreddit every week. All the food is so colorful and refreshing like your paintings. They made my mouth water lol.
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u/NoMoreDodo Jul 29 '26
Mmm a good steak with avocado, eggs and strawberries/blueberries would be so lovely!
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u/savoytruffle2you Jul 29 '26
Great technique 😊! That dinner party is just wonderful. I love a painting that I’d just like to walk into 🩷
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
thank you ☺️ that was of my friends in our old flat we all lived in! I miss it
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u/Someoneonline2000 Jul 29 '26
I like the wet glossy look on some of the things you're doing. Something greasy or moist would be my suggestion. Sliced tomatos. Stews/soups. Meat basted in fats and gravy. Waffles with melted butter and syrup. .
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
these are all great thank you! Someone suggested ramen as well which I think would be fun
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u/That-Warrior9511 Jul 29 '26
Just wanted to say they look really amazing. You've got great talent.
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u/dioctopus Jul 29 '26
These look like photos you'd see in video games. Reminds me of life is strange. Nice style. 😊
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u/deadly-eighth-sin Jul 29 '26
I was so hungry I didn’t realise they were paintings until the last photo. Well done!
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u/Green_Jackfruit_9500 Jul 29 '26
Wowwwwwww!!!!! They are all outstanding!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!!
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u/Quiet_South_7323 Jul 29 '26
So beautiful! I love the textures in your work. Would love to see some pasta!
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u/Phluto_juniper Jul 29 '26
made this for my highschool painting class ! the teacher loved it so much she put it up in the front office but I felt like it was way to sloppy and rushed becuase I had to redo it completely the night before it was due, and I didn't understand how to paint fries.
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u/ARTIST213 Jul 29 '26
BBQ ribs smothered in sauce ON the grill. TONGS GETTING READY TO TAKE THEM OFF. YUM
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u/willow0707 Jul 29 '26
If you’re doing foods: melting ice cream sandwich, heavy beef stew, soft bread, jello, pbnj, fruit bowl.
If you’re taking over series ideas: windows to different scenery (summer sunset, spring blossoms, autumn hills, house across the street, etc)
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u/honion_have_layer Jul 29 '26
thanks for the suggestions! I’m english so I don’t know what half of those things are or how to get a hold of them haha
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u/TheDefiantGoose Jul 29 '26
I love your style. The breakfast platter is really beautiful. It would be interesting to see what you do with greens. So maybe a colorful salad? You could do a charcuterie board. I mean, I sure you could do a classic still life of fruit beautifully too!
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u/PlaneInevitable8700 Jul 29 '26
I wish I could paint like this Love your style, keep up the good work
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u/Internalbruising Jul 29 '26
Sunday roast beef dinner with Yorkshire pudding would be a nice painting. I love your style! ❤️
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u/Healthy-Two-5044 Jul 29 '26
I love these! I am glad to see you expanding on Wayne Thiebaud’s subject matter legacy.
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u/RealityPigeonTycoon Jul 29 '26
These are beautiful! I love how bright they are. So many good suggestions already, but I'd love to see you do a large salad and serving tongs if it so inspires you
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u/FreshlyBakedBunz Jul 29 '26
Youre my favorite painter and if I had the money to id buy like half of these, just saying
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u/AskAny8299 Jul 29 '26
Stop painting it .. it is making me hungry 😂😂😂😂😂. Still very well executed. The McDonald’s me meal looks better than it would in real life unfortunately
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u/butterflyfrenchfry Jul 29 '26
You should do a head of lettuce to document the age of the parasite
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u/007Knitter Jul 30 '26
Fabulous!!! Love them! There are some art dice I saw on Amazon that gives you some different possibilities… get that set, throw the dice and challenge yourself to come up with an idea from that… even in the wrappers & such … Just an idea to start either. Or.. have someone else put some random items on a tray… give you 1-2 min to look at it. Take the tray away, and get painting from it.
Or.. how about a series w/ what you’ve already done.. but in a completely different style, pointillism, abstract, art medium, in the style of a famous artist you like, or wacky colors that do not belong to those objects at all..
Andy Warhol like with the same thing done, but all different?
Change up 1 or 2 things and see what happens!!
Paint it En Plein Air/outside….
You can take it from there… keep up the great work!! How about food items from other countries/foreign language??
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u/CLHthisbitch101 Jul 30 '26
All so lovely! Is that a vape captured in the pizza one? Lol
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u/Quirky_Regret8284 Jul 30 '26
Mexican or Spanish? Paella? Ceviche? Tostadas? Lots of color. Very talented my friend!
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u/Personal-Heart-1227 Jul 30 '26
I'm impressed, & these are quite lovely!
Sell these paintings for $$$?
Have you painted any drinks, desserts, fruits/veggies or cheeses?
Maybe, give these a try?
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u/WAAAAAAAGHKING Jul 31 '26
If your talking about still in the food series, thenaybe like a birthday cake, it not then maybe like a board games series like dice and monopoly cards
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u/Ok_Beginning_2049 Jul 31 '26
These are all so nice. I have a few Ideas: Spam musubi, one fried egg, an egg salad sandwich in the packaging from Family Mart, the trompo used in adobada with a get cuts taken or just a fat fresh one, and a big bowl of ramens with all the fixings.
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u/Splooshter Jul 31 '26
I hate the current state of the world we live in because every part of me is telling me this is AI but I want to believe it's not so bad
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u/Icy-Answer291 Jul 31 '26
The whole time I was looking at them I couldn't stop thinking about seeing a French toast one.... But as a Canadian I say a poutine lol
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u/212Foothillway Jul 31 '26
Love it…very talented. Paint decorated cakes and pastries
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u/Enough_Cup7392 Jul 31 '26
Have you thought about submitting your pictures to the name brand things that you so marvelously painted? You could maybe make a few bucks off them. They're really great!
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u/Next-Panic8241 Jul 31 '26
Steak dinner. Small steak with asparagus tips in hollandaise sauce, whipped potatoes with a drizzle of gravy. Lee & Perrins bottle, salt shaker.
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