Ratatouille Quartet
![Ratatouille Quartet - watercolor still life painting by Frank Costantino Ratatouille Quartet - watercolor still life painting by Frank Costantino](https://www.fmcostantino.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ratatouille-Quartet-400x404.jpg)
Within a series of vegetable paintings, the incongruously scaled squash and tomato and smaller peppers, coupled with their color contrasts and textures, allowed for a deeper study of each surface’s qualities. The flesh colored background emerged as a complimentary color to the green subjects, with gold paint curves derived from the vegetable contours.