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Creative
Carrot
is a private gallery of artwork devoted to carrots although
occasionally Creative Carrot paintings can be seen at selective
festivals and galleries in the Greater Toronto Area and Durham
Region.
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Why
paint carrots?
Carrots are
a lot like humans: they come in many shapes and sizes and
colours. They can be straight and narrow, chubby and twisted,
round and babyish. Like humans, they have a long history during
which some varieties have been repressed almost to extinction.
From a still life perspective, they provide endless
diversity for colour, shape and style.
As an
international symbol of vegetarianism, carrots also inspire us
to reach for the optimal diet not only for own health, but to
sustain the planet and improve the quality of life for all
creatures.
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What's
in a name?
Carrot . . .
came into English from the Middle French carotte, which in
turn came from Late Latin carota, which came from the Greek
[karoton]. The original root is believed to be ker-
(meaning “horn”).
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What
can carrots do for you?
| Nutritional
Information for 100 grams of Carrot: |
| Calories |
43
Total |
| Total
Fat |
0
g |
| Saturated
Fat |
0
g |
| Cholesterol |
0
g |
| Sodium |
35
mg |
| Carbohydrate |
10
g |
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| Dietary
Fibre |
3
gTotal |
| Protein |
1
g |
| Vitamin
A |
28129
IU |
| Vitamin
C |
9
mg |
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Calcium |
27
mg |
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Iron |
1
mg |
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History. . . |
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The
Carrot
is a member of a group of biennial or perennial herbs and a
native of Europe and south western Asia. The wild ancestors of
the common carrot are likely to have come from Afghanistan,
which remains the centre of diversity of D. carota (wild
carrot). Most carrots are characterized by aromatic foliage and
an umbrella-type of flattened flower cluster. The common garden
carrot (Daucus carota sativa) is a root crop, derived from some
variety of the wild carrot (Queen Anne’s Lace). In
antiquity several types of carrot were grown as medicinal herbs,
and in Europe carrots have long been grown for use in soups and
stews. The custom of eating carrots raw as a salad has become
widespread in the 20th |
century.
Carrots are a rich source of carotene (vitamin A). A few members
of the Umbelliferae family produce lethal poison. Apparently, it
was one of these, the poison hemlock, that Socrates was
compelled to take. The 12th c. Arab agriculturist, Ibn al-Awwam
describes both red and yellow carrots; both colours are
mentioned in an 11th century manuscript. Orange carrots became
popular in the western world in the 17th Century after Dutch
agriculturists developed the orange variety by cross breeding
nautral mutants with other varieties.
Much
more about carrots . . .
For a more complete and colourful history of the carrot,
see the
attached
article [Stolarczyk and Janick, Chronica Horticulturae,
(Vol. 51, No. 2; June 2011). For more information about
carrots from all over the world, please visit the
"Carrot Museum".
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Carrots
at the Fall 2011 Art Show: September 16-18
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The
Fall Art Show for the Oshawa Art Association was a success with
8 carrot paintings finding new homes in local households.
The "diversity" paintings, those which focus on
the different colours, shapes and sizes of the carrots, were
most popular [top and middle section paintings - left].
Paintings portraying the shorter, multi-rooted carrots in all
colours also attracted attention. A few art buyers were seeking
them for collages in newly renovated kitchens or for "staging"
of homes for quick sale.
Whether browsing or buying, visitors to the show viewed the
carrots with a smile. Everyone had a similar reaction, even the
children.
With so much turmoil in the world, from new technologies to
conflicts, it was refleshing to see something so elementary
bringing happiness to people. Carrots to the rescue! |
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Recent press on Creative Carrot:
Feb 03, 2012 -
"Creative
minds in Oshawa push out more ideas" by Will McGuirk, Durham
Region.
Feb 03, 2012 -
Oshwhat: Durham's Alternative Voice"Gallery" |
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Carrot
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