Chris Beetles Art Gallery - Val Archer - The Painter, The Cook and The Art of Cucina

The Painter, the Cook, and the Art of Cucina is Val Archer’s latest spectacular achievement. One of Britain’s leading still-life painters Val Archer has collaborated with the great Italian food expert Anna del Conte to produce a unique food travelogue through six of Italy’s lesser-known regions.

The book is a visual feast of Italian produce, with recipes and food history celebrating the very best regional and seasonal specialities at the heart of Italy’s Slow Food Movement. Our selling exhibition will feature over 100 of Val Archer’s stunning oil paintings and watercolours from this appetising book.

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PERSIMMONS AND FREESIAS	GOAT	RED PEPPER

MOSTARDA D'UVA BARBERA	YELLOW PEPPER	WILD BEETROOT

EGGS FOR ZABAGLIONE AND MAJOLICA TILES	WHITE TRUFFLE ON MOSS	WEDDING CAKE CHEESE

TRUFFLE HUNTER	ROBIOLA CHEESE	PEAR AND BERRIES

GIANDUIA CHOCOLATES	A MOSAIC OF SPICES	CUTTLEFISH

SPIDER CRAB	POMEGRANATES	PISELLI

MURANO GLASS BEADS AND BORLOTTI BEANS	RADICCHIO DI VERONA	FORTUNY FABRIC AND MOLECHE

VENETIAN DOLCI	MELON AND SAN DANIELLE PROSCIUTTO	VENETIAN BISCUITS AND SWEETS

VEGETABLES ON VENETIAN MAP	SAN DANIELLE HAM	WHITE POLENTA

THE FIRST FORK	RADICCHIO VARIGATO DI CASTELFRANCO	SQUID AND NETTED FISH

LIGURIAN WILD HERBS FOR PREBOGGION	FRESH SPINACH WITH CYCLIST GUISEPPE	FISH FROM GOLFO PARIDISO FOR LIGURIAN FISH SOUP

GENOESE CANDIED FRUITS ON LIGURIAN BROCADE	IL PANDOLCE ANTICO	ROSES AND LACE

TAGGIASCA OLIVES	BELLA DI GARBAGNA CHERRIES	TROFIETTE AND CROZETTI PASTA

CRIVELLI PEACHES	APPLES FROM MONTE SIBILLINI	FISH FOR BRODETTO

PEAR, PLUM AND SLOES WITH GOLDFINCH FRESCO	FRANCO'S THE FISHERMAN'S FEET - A SEXY AND LOVEABLE LANGOUSTINE	FIGS AND MAJOLICA TILE

PURPLE PLUMS	ANGEL'S HAIR PASTA	TOURNEDOS ROSSINI

WILD MUSSELS	PLUMS AND MIMOSA	SALAMI FROM FABRIANO

FRAGOLE DI BOSCO	PANE DI ALTAMURA	OLIO

SARDINIAN FLORA AND FAUNA	SMALL TOMATOES AND DAISY	SOW AND PIGLETS

ALMONDS ON OTRANTO MOSAICS - AGOSTO	YELLOW ZUCCINI ON OTRANTO MOSAICS - THE FARMING MONTHS OF THE YEAR	CHERRIES ON OTRANTO MOSAICS - TWIN TAILED MERMAID

PEACHES IN PUGLIESE DISH	GLI ZUCCINI DA UGO	OLIVES ON OTRANTO MOSAICS - DECEMBER

GREY MULLET	POPPIES AND CORNFLOWERS FROM THE ARTICHOKE FIELDS	AGED PECORINO AND PANE CARASAU (CARTA DI MUSICA)

ARTICHOKE AND SLOW SNAIL	SMALL DOLCI SARDI	DOLCI SARDI

SARDINIAN PIGLETS	ROASTING MEATS	MIXED PLUMS