Fresh from the pages of the Daily Mail – source of many an enjoyable homes story I have to admit – is a piece about artist Julie Green who for 13 years has been painting death row prisoner’s last meals onto plates.

Image: Julie Green 

The Mail didn’t pass any comment about what they thought of this, and were keen to emphasize how many of the meals involved junk food. But I like them. It seems a fitting thing to do, paint a plate. My friend has some plates painted by her grandfather, an artist, off which I’ve had loads of dinners.

Image: Julie Green

The style of drawing reminds me a bit of Gillian Kyle’s drawings of iconic Scottish food brands. Realistic and domestic. Read a much more interesting article on Julie Green than the Mail’s (or this one), in which she talks in details about her project, here.

Image: Julie Green