Another Nut Tree photo

I believe that the painting in the upper left of this picture is a set of Ruth Dicker trees.  I wish it came as a larger size, but it was all that came up.  I think the painting is Eucalyptus from 1972.

All in the family

A fan sent in a picture of a Ruth Dicker painting and said there are more in her family.  She is going to send more pictures soon.  This painting was purchased at the Nut Tree.

Here is Winter Sky - Deveaux from 1989.

Looking for more Photos

With everything that is out there on the Internet, sometimes I am surprised by what I can't find. I have been looking for pictures of Ruth Dicker paintings handing in The Nut Tree and The Coffee Tree dining rooms. I have found one each inside The Nut Tree and The Coffee Tree, but I am sure there are more out there.

I recently discovered a book called, The Nut Tree Remembered: The Cook Book. I am going to try to get a copy of it and perhaps it will have some Ruth Dicker paintings hiding in it.

There used to be a government database listing of a Ruth Dicker painting handing in a federal building in Texas, but I can't find that link any more.

If you have picture of Ruth Dicker paintings from shows or galleries or hanging in public places, please send them to me.

Inside The Nut Tree

There are few pictures of The Nut Tree available online. I have been unable to find a picture of The Nut Tree dining room with Ruth Dicker paintings in it, but I did find and scan this one of the retail section:

Nut Tree and Coffee Tree Menus

I have a couple of Nut Tree and Coffee Tree menus featuring Ruth Dicker's work. I think that some of them were used during specific shows, but I also seem to remember the Coffee Tree always having her menus. Here they are:

Left to right are a Nut Tree menu dated January, 1986, a Nut Tree menu dated Winter 1987, and a Coffee Tree menu dated August 1990. Note that the cover of the first menu is a close-up of a painting titled Snow Birch and was also available as a poster. The insides of the two Nut Tree menus have a series of black and white paintings that Ruth did. I have some photos of other paintings from that series of black and white paintings here, here, and here.

I will try to make some time to scan some of the inside pages as well, they are very nice. If there are other Ruth Dicker menus out there, let me know.

Another Poster

I found this poster on craigslist today. It is one of the rarer Nut Tree posters from a show in 1979, I'm not sure we have any left so I might have to get it for myself. In case the ad disappears, here is what it looks like:

Posters

Ruth had a number of shows at the Nut Tree in Vacaville, CA and at least three of them had posters produced for the show. Somewhere I have a large collection of these posters, but they also show up frequently on ebay. One ebay seller in particular, Broadway Comics and Cards, usually seems to have at least two of the poster styles for sale.

Here are pictures of the ones currently for sale:

$7.99 sounds like a bargain to me. I will try to find a picture of the third poster as well.

Coffee Tree paintings

I recently discovered a few paintings for sale at askart.com.

The paintings from 1987 actually hung in the dining room at the Coffee Tree Restaurant in Vacaville, CA.  The ones from 2000 were supposed to hang in a new Coffee Tree, but I am not sure they ever did.  One of Ruth's paintings also appeared on the cover of the Coffee Tree's menu.  I will try to add a picture of that menu.  Here is a picture of some of these paintings inside the Coffee Tree dated 8/22/88: