From OZ with Sugar

A collection of narrative tableware inspired by appetite, character, and transformation. Each hand-painted plate translates a figure from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz through dessert, form, and symbol.

Tableware collection · Original acrylic gouache artwork

The Cowardly Lion and Madeleines

Tender forms arranged around a borrowed courage.

wicked return to oz painting original color palette I painted with
Wizard of Oz Illustration Cowardly Lion madeleine dessert illustration by Lee Gruber

Blueberry Pavlova and Flying Monkeys

Airborne sweetness, poised at the edge of collapse.

Original acrylic gouache artwork for the Flying Monkeys and Blueberry Pavlova plate in Lee Gruber’s From OZ tableware collection.

Scarecrow and Apple Galette

Rustic layers assembled in search of a mind.

Tin Man and Mille-Feuille

Layered with mechanical precision, the Mille-Feuille mirrors the Tin Man—crisp, exacting, and quietly hollow, with a heart hidden within.

the tin man from the wizard of oz painted
Wizard of Oz inspired gouache food illustration details by Lee Gruber
Wizard of Oz inspired gouache food illustration details by Lee Gruber


A constellation of micro-icons pulled from each character’s world

Each plate began as a series of original gouache studies, painted by hand before being refined and composed into the final tableware collection.

original paintings propped on piano with hat hanging above it
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