MORELSCAPES

Progress on Morelville day 1

After the first day of painting I have some major problems to fix as I move forward.

MORELVILLE PAINTING STARTED

This is the start of my new painting entitled "MORELVILLE"

acrylic 24" x 36" stretched canvas 

"MOREL-JOES"

"Morel Joes"

An empty stomach, my wife out for the day and a quart of dehydrated morels. I ask you, " What else can I do?" Yes, I have to make, in my mind the world famous,"MOREL JOES" . 

1 pound of fresh hamburger, browned

add a small amount of diced onion

1 quart of dehydrated morels, broken up / rehydrated / sauteed in real butter with a little salt, pepper and sifted flour added.

combine morels with the hamburger, add one can of cream of mushroom soup let it simmer to the desired thickness. 

I like to put it in a bowl, place it in the refrigerator and let it sit over night to let the morel flavor take over, BUT I usually can't wait and seem to eat a couple of sandwiches first.

It is better after it is left to sit overnight though.

 

 

 

"Warblers and Shrooms"

A painting that shows the associations of nature in the spring, from the four warblers, the deer looking on and the tasty morels in the foreground. I really enjoyed painting this and when I set up at the Mansfield Indiana fest a few years ago it seemed to be  a painting that got a lot of attention.

  I know it is autumn and the Hen of woods are starting to show up, I still yearn for the morels in spring. 

Maybe I should create a hen of the woods painting?

You can see more detailed images of this painting 

Hen of the Woods, Football and Cool Nights

The Hen of the Woods season along with the football season is just around that corner and I hope that I can score some more nice mushrooms. This photo is from October of last year 2014.

Weekly post on MorelHunters.com

 

"Morning Call"

Each week since early May I have been posting one of my morel paintings on the MorelHunters.com site. I really enjoy their site.

This week Monday I posted the painting called "MORNING CALL"

On many mornings when hunting morels I have heard the grouse send his message across the landscape. Along with the deer by the creek, the old covered bridge and of course the morels it makes for a fantastic way to start the day. 

If you are interested in a print of this painting you can go to my online store by visiting the

MORELSCAPE GALLERY

near the top of this page.

Morel Excursion

I spent the last 8 days looking for morels in the northern Michigan woodlands. Although it wasn't the most successful excursion of gathering those tasty morsels, I still consider the days well spent. In addition to the morels, I was able to work on 2 new paintings.

  I ended up with around 350 morels, was hoping for 1000, but I still had a great time hiking and hunting through the woods. There were elk behind my camp, seen several deer, had another porcupine encounter, listened to the owl conversations and enjoyed the coyote concerts at night. 

Morel Hunger

Saturday breakfast

After seeing all the great morel hunters across the country finding morels posting morels, eating morels and knowing that we won't have them here in NW Ohio for yet another couple of weeks, … well, it just made me really hungry. So, I went to my dehydrated morel cache, rehydrated a few, made some morel gravy and poured it over a half pound burger.  I almost forgot to mention, even though it was only 9:00 - 10:00 AM. I topped the breakfast off with a beautiful bottle of Moose Drool. … now where are those leaves my wife wants me to rake?

Ready next week

 

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 MORELSCAPE GALLERY

 

Although this online store isn't completely finished you can still order prints if you wish.

Thank you for your interest and thanks for all the responses on Facebook

Facebook and Morels

I have been amazed at how many posts I see on facebook that have photos of morels and morel hunting adventures. It is great to see such interest in such a fantastic spring activity and if you preserve them it is a tasteful adventure all year long. This is my first post on this new blog and I hope to be adding many more posts as the season comes around.