Original art · Custom memory prints
A custom pantry print painted from the ingredients your person kept. Original oil pastel, composed to your order, printed on canvas or framed paper. A piece of them — preserved.
Why we make this
There's a grandmother who kept dried chiles hanging by the window and garlic braided by the door. A mother whose hands always smelled of fresh herbs. A father who grew lavender along the fence every summer without fail.
We don't always have the right words for what we miss. But we remember the smell of their kitchen. The jars lined up on the shelf. The things they grew, dried, and kept — because that's how they took care of us.
"Keeping Their Table is for the people who live on in the way a kitchen smells — and for the ones who are still filling theirs, right now."
Each piece is painted by hand in original oil pastel, then printed at museum quality so it can hang in your home the way they lived in your life — quietly, warmly, always present.
This is for the ones we've lost. And for the ones still cooking.
Choose the three ingredients they always had on hand. We'll compose them into a painting that carries something of them into your home.
A living parent, a grandmother, an elder you love — give them a painting of their own kitchen as a gift they'll keep forever.
Tell us a little about your person when you order. We include a printed card with each piece — their name, your words, the ingredients you chose.
The process
Pick three pantry staples that remind you of your person — the things they grew, dried, preserved, or always kept close.
Share a little about who this piece is for. A name, a memory, what made their kitchen theirs. We carry it into the work.
Your arrangement is composed from original oil pastel paintings and printed using archival pigment inks on your chosen format.
Your piece arrives ready to hang in 10–14 days, with a printed card honoring the person it was made for.
Commission your print
From the studio
Dried chile ristra
Herb bundle · sage & rosemary
Garlic braid · harvest gold
Lavender bundle · twilight purple
Blueberry preserves · crockery blue
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