A Taste for the Rich

I just finished my last piece of Valentine's chocolate. Lindt Dark, who will inspire me now? Some may use music to make their brush dance across the paper, I prefer chocolate! Perhaps I could settle for the eye candy of my favorite chocolatier's web site, Bernard Callebaut. Or the art of Duane Keiser, whose recent works have featured truffles, among many other yummy treats.

I'm something of a connoisseur - which sounds more refined than "consumer". I like knowing what products are the best, and that means sampling them all - and keeping up with new developments in the world of retail. I don't believe that everything worth inventing has been invented, as my husband likes to think - he never buys any of the newest Home Hardware gadget-laden tools. So I have my short-list of the best chocolate, the handiest home cleaning products and the coolest watercolor accessories.

Of course, sometimes all this product "research" gets in the way of actually doing any creating - so for today my raspberries painting will have to satiate my hungry eyes, despite doing nothing for my tastebuds...oh, for the days when I used to suck my brushes...