Description
This original oil painting, "Ripening Tomatoes," was painted by Emilie Swanson in 2023.
One morning I walked into the kitchen and saw a plate of brightly colored tomatoes my mom had just picked from the garden sitting on the counter. We were expecting a big frost with temperatures as low as 24 degrees at night while a big cold front blew through Florida. Immediately, I knew what I would be painting next! The tomato plants did not survive the cold, but these tomatoes did. In fact, their existence captured in this painting will probably outlast their lives in the kitchen as soon as my family gets into them.
