Simpsons

Welcome to Day 7 of Simpsononymous!

 

Steve Barela of Child’s Pastry Shop created this Magnificent blue Otto Mann picture. The entire picture is done is shades of blue except for the guitar, which is in light and dark brown and Otto’s hair and eyes, which are black. This edible portrait was airbrushed onto fondant. This Wonderful Simpson’s picture is based on The Old Guitarist by Picasso.

 

Inspiration – The Old Guitarist by Picasso

Here’s a photo of Steve Barela with his Terrific Otto Mann portrait.

 

Kerri Partridge Morris from Somethin’ Sweet made this Fabulous Crazy Cat Lady edible masterpiece. The Crazy Cat Lady aka Eleanor Abernathy has her cats gathered together to go onto the ark. The Cat Lady is wearing a pink long dress with a light purple cloak. She has a wooden staff and has 2 blue cats at her feet. She is holding 2 black cats and 2 orange and black striped cats. This Simpson’s edible painting is based on Noah’s Ark by Edward Hicks.

 

Here’s a picture of a real cat with the Crazy Cat Lady and her cats

 

Close-up of Eleanor Abernathy aka Crazy Cat Lady

 

Close-up of Orange and black striped cat on Crazy Cat Lady’s head

 

Picture frame view

 

Close-up of picture frame corner 

 

Inspiration – Noah’s Ark by  Edward Hicks

Here’s a picture of Kerri Partridge Morris with her Great Simpson’s edible artwork.

 

Hajnalka Mayor of Zorica’s Cake Art made this Superb edible Simpsons artwork featuring Lunch Lady Doris aka Doris Freedman. Doris is wearing a blue patterned skirt. There is a brown bear and ladies in white standing around her. This Amazing Lunch Lady Doris was inspired by Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze. Lunch Lady Doris replaced a figure that represented intemperance in the original artwork. This picture was hand painted onto a fondant canvas with edible colors, an edible marker, and cocoa butter. 

 

Left side of the picture

 

Right side of the picture

 

Inspiration Klimts’ Beethoven Frieze

 

Here’s a shot of Hajnalka Mayor with her Splendid Simpson’s creation.

 

 

Jamie Ho of Wicked Little Cake Company created this Fabulous Disco Stu from the Simpsons. Disco Stu is sitting on top of a silver disco ball. He is wearing a white suit with a black shirt.  The disco ball is crashing into a white cement block wall.  The hole left in the wall by the disco ball is rainbow colored. This Terrific Simpson’s artwork was inspired by the works of Banksy.

 

Inspiration – The artist Banksy

 

Here’s a photograph of Jamie Ho with her Great Disco Stu work of art.

 

Faye Cahill of Faye Cahill Cake Design made this Wonderful edible portrait of Luann Van Houten from the Simpsons. Luann is sitting on a bed propping on a white pillow. She is wearing navy blue leggings with a light blue dress. She has long blue gray hair and is wearing red glasses. The painting has a dark orange background. This painting was painted onto fondant using edible paints and framed with a moulded fondant frame. This Wonderful Simpson’s masterpiece is based on Andre Derian’s – Dancer at Le Rat Mort also called Woman in Blue.

 

Inspiration – Andre Derian’s – Dancer at Le Rat Mort

 

Here’s a picture of Faye with her Splendid edible masterpiece.

Welcome to Day 6 of Simpsononymous!

 

Blake Anthony from BlakeyCakes crafted this Marvelous Ranier Wolfcastle in a Radioactive Man costume.  The cake board is yellow. There is a 25th at the bottom of the Radioactive Man figure.  The ‘2’ and the ‘5’ look very much like pink iced donuts covered with multicolored sprinkles on the top. The sides of the numbers are yellow.  Ranier Wolfcastle is wearing yellow boots, red pants, a red shirt and a yellow cape. His nose and mouth are yellow. The rest of his face is covered in a red cowl mask. He has green eyes. The top of this red cowl has a radioactive symbol in the middle and a yellow lightning bolt coming out of the top. This Splendid Simpson’s cake was done in a Futuristic style with a graphic design flair. It was based on Enrico Prampolinis’ Portrait of Marinetti.

 

 

Side view of Radioactive Man

 

Inspiration – Enrico Prampolinis’ Portrait of Marinetti

 

Blake Anthony is beside his Marvelous Simpson’s cake.

 

This Fabulous Grandpa Simpson Cake was created by Ant Roman from Nerdache Cakes. Grandpa Simpson is wearing a brown robe with a white shirt underneath it. He has a headpiece that is blue at his head and has tan fabric coming out of the blue to look somewhat like a desert nomad hat. He is wearing wire rimmed glasses and has a single pearl earring in his ear. This wonderful Simpson’s Cake is based on Johannes Vermeers’ Girl with the Pearl Earring.

 

Inspiration – Johannes Vermeers’ Girl with the Pearl Earring

  

Ant Roman is holding her Marvelous Grandpa Simpson Cake.

 

This Terrific Millhouse Cake was made by Justin Lynch. The cake board is blue and covered with clouds to represent the sky. Millhouse is a standing 3D cake.  He is wearing red shorts and a purple shirt. He has blue hair and blue eyebrows and is wearing red glasses. There is a red ’25’ in font of him to represent The Simpsons 25th Anniversary.  This Marvelous Simpsons cake was based on Self-Portrait with Straw Hat by Vincent Van Gogh.

 

Inspiration – Self-Portrait with Straw Hat by Vincent Van Gogh

  

 Here’s a photograph of Justin Lynch holding his Wonderful Simpson’s Cake.

 

Hiromi Greer of Haute Sweets crafted this Fabulous Plopper Cake. Homer renamed Plopper Spider-Pig and Harry Plopper, and eventually just called him Plopper. Plopped is immersed in a white cup of brown mud and the mud is overflowing the cup and spilling onto the white saucer.  Plopper is light pinkish tan colored with a white tuff of hair at the top of his head. His feet are gray. There are pig footprints on the floor and wall beside the white cup and saucer.  A donut with pink icing and sprinkles with the number 25 is in front of white cup and saucer. The ’25’ represents the Simpson’s 25th Anniversary.  This Wonderful Simpsons Cake was based on Yoshitomo Nara’s Pup Cup.

Inspiration – Pup Cup by Yoshitomo Nara

 

Hiromi Greer with her Terrific Plopper Cake.

 

This Magnificent Sideshow Bob Cake was made by CAKES BY TIMBO. This Simpson’s Cake is a bust of Sideshow Bob.  Sideshow Bob is wearing a purple shirt. He has red hair and red eyebrows. This Awesome cake was based on the Realism art style.

 

 

Side and front view of Sideshow Bob

 

Here’s Timbo Sullivan with his Wonderful Sideshow Bob Cake.

 

This Awesome Sideshow Mel shrunken head was made by Sarah Ono Jones of Magpies Bakery.  Sideshow Mel has sharp teeth around the bottom of the head.  The face is a yellowish brown color. His mouth and eyes are sewn shut. His hair is blue and a white bone is tied into the hair near the top. This Amazing Simpsons Cake was based on Dirty Don Gillies Shrunken Head.

 

Inspiration – Dirty Don Gillies – Shrunken Head

  

Here’s a shot of Sarah Ono Jones holding her Wonderful Simpsons cake.

 

This Superb Jasper Cake was made by Magpies Bakery.  Jasper is in the middle of the cake dressed in blue pants, red shirt, and green vest.  He is holding up a cane in his hand just like Moses held up a staff. He is standing on dry ground with the red sea parted all around him. There is a yellow octopus, a pink fish and a purple fish in the suspended waves of the Red Sea. This Splendid Simpson’s cake was based on the painting Moses Parting the Red Sea by Siegfried Detler. 

 

Inspiration – Moses parting the Red Sea by Siegfried Detler

 

Here’s a picture of Peg Hambright with her Superb Simpsons cake.

Welcome to Day 5 of Simpsononymous!

 

Bo Hons of Wolfbay Cafe crafted this Spectacular Mo the Bartender Cake. The cake board has a woodgrain finish. There is a yellow sign with 25 years for The Simpsons 25th Anniversary. On top of the cake board is a mug of Duff beef filled to the brim and overflowing with white froth and foam. Mo the Bartender is standing inside the mug of Duff beer. He is wearing a blue shirt with a red tie. He has a hand towel draped over his arm and he is wearing a white apron. On top of Mo is a can of Duff beer turned upside down and pouring onto Mo and into the mug. This cake is a blend of Realism and Surrealism. This Simpsons cake captures the essence of Mo the Bartender very well.

 

Close-up of Mo

 

Here’s a photograph of Bo Hons at a bar with his Marvelous Simpson’s Cake.

 

Chef Mitchie from Mitchies Munchies made this Awesome Ned Flanders Cake. Ned Flanders is dressed in robes like those that Moses would wear. He is standing on top of a rock with a painting of the Red Sea parted behind him.  Beside him is a stone tablet with the words “THOU SHALL NOT DIDDLY DOODLY IN VAIN.” There are stones in front of Ned arranged in the shape of the number 25 for the Simpsons 25 Anniversary. This Simpsons Cake is a mash-up inspired by Frank McCarthy’s Ten Commandments movie poster. This piece is dedicated to the family and fans of Frank McCarthy who died of lung cancer in 2002.

 

Here’s a close-up of the stone tablet and the 25 built from small stones.  

 

Inspiration – Frank McCarthy’s The Ten Commandments Movie Poster

 

Here’s a photo of Chef Mitchie with her Wonderful Simpson’s Cake.

 

Anna Garcia of Designer Cakes by Anna Garcia made this Terrific Santa’s Little Helper Cake. The cake board is painted blue to represent water. On the front corner is a section of white with a hand holding a pen. An eye and the word CREATOR is painted on the hand. On the other front corner of the board, Bart’s head is sticking up above the water. In front of Bart, a 25 is painted on top of the water. Just behind Bart there is a donut floating in the water. The donut has pink icing with sprinkles. Santa’s Little Helper is lying on his back on top of the donut.  Near the back of the board, Maggie Simpson’s head is just sticking above the water. There is a backdrop board painted blue for the sky. It has green grass at the bottom where it meets the cake board. A red fire hydrant with blue water flowing out takes up one side. The other side has a constellation in the shape of Marge Simpson. On top of that is a white moon with a silhouette on top of it. This Marelous Simpsons edible artwork is done in a Surrealism art style.

 

Santa’s Little Helper

 

The Simpsons Hand of the Creator

 

Maggie Simpson 

  

Here’s a shot of Anna Garcia with her Marvelous Simpson’s creation.

 

Julie Freund from Of Cakes and Cupcake (and Apollo too) made this Magnificent Homer Simpson wearing a Muumuu edible masterpiece. Homer is also known as Muumuu Homer here. Homer looks like he is about the size of a cupcake. Homer has on a blue Muumuu with pink flowers. He is wearing blue slippers and a white cap. He is standing in the room of an art gallery with a wooden floor and 2 walls. On the first wall is a sculpture of a two headed bear wearing red hats and a red heart in front of the bear with 7 knives sticking into it. This chocolate bear sculpture is based on Liz Mcgrath’s sculpture Bear of Seven Sorrows. Beside the bears is a painting in the shape of a cross. The painting has a girl with wings covered by a large steak. A golden crown floats above her. Below her is a pond and a cow. On either side of her are pictures of steaks, roasts, and hot dogs. This painting was based on Mark Ryden’s The Angel of Meat. On the other wall there is a large picture of Homer lying on a beige couch wearing only donuts. There is an aquamarine blanket on top of the couch. The Aquamarine rug on the floor in front of the couch is covered with crushed red Duff beer cans. Beside the couch is a purple table with an aquamarine phone. The walls of the painting are pink. This painting  with Homer is based on Lucien Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping. The main idea of this Wonderful Simpson’s masterpiece was to show Homer dressed in a Muumuu in an art gallery contemplating a portrait of himself.  The other portraits were some of the artist’s favorite works of art. 

 

Homer Simpson in the art gallery

 

Homer in a different place in the room

 

Homer is contemplating the Simpsons version of Benefits Supervisor Sleeping where he is the central figure.

 

Top view of the art gallery

 

Top view of the 2 headed bear sculpture

 

Inspiration # 1 – Lucian Freunds’ Benefits Supervisor Sleeping

 

Inspiration # 2  – Mark Ryden’s The Angel of Meat 

Inspiration # 3 – Elizabeth McGraths’ Bear of Seven Sorrows

 

Here’s a picture of Julie Freund holding her Superb Homer Simpson edible masterpiece.

 

Kasey Amanda Smith of Kakes by Klassic made this Marvelous Blinky Cake. Blinky is orange and has 3 eyes. He is in a fish tank filled with blue water. The frame of the fish tank is white. This artwork was inspired by Damien Hirsts’ The Immortal.  Blinky takes the place of the shark in The Immortal.

 

 

 Inspiration – Damien Hirsts’ The Immortal

 

Kasey Amanda Smith is standing over her Superb Simpson’s creation.

 

Avalon Yarnes of Avalon Cakes made this Superb Krusty the Clown Cake. One version of Krusty is wearing green pants and a purple shirt. The other version of Krusty is wearing a black suit with a white shirt and a blue bow tie and large red shoes on his feet. Both have green hair, white gloves, and a red nose.  Both have a wood grained background. This work of edible art shows the on-air Krusty versus the off-air Krusty. This Wonderful Simpsons creation was based on Marisol’s Portrait of Sidney Janis Selling Portrait of Sidney Janis.

 

 Close-up of Krusty

 

Marisol’s Portrait of Sidney Janis Selling Portrait of Sidney Janis 

 

Avalon Yarnes is holding her Splendid Simpsons artwork.