My name is Peta Fletcher aka Crafted Pear.
Art and Food: A Creative Journey
As a food illustrator, produce gardener, teacher, and lifelong art student, my work explores the connection between nourishment—both visual and physical—and creativity. Inspired by seasonal harvests and native plants from my garden, I capture vibrant colours, organic forms, and textures through digital illustration and traditional media.
Through Pear and Co—a collaborative identity that celebrates story, sketch, and season—I blend artistic expression with wellbeing, drawing from soil to sketchbook, recipe to conversation. Using Procreate, watercolor, ink, and sculptural elements, my illustrations reflect the joy of growing, cooking, and sharing food.
This creative practice invites viewers to pause, appreciate, and reconnect with the rhythms of the natural world—and to see art as a way of nourishing ourselves and each other.