Vintage Crock With Blue Stripes and Two Red Bell Peppers

9x12 Inch Original Oil Painting

by Cheri Wollenberg

Food always tells a good story if it is grown in your garden. A couple of years ago I had a container garden and I did very poorly on my tomatoes and for the first time ever I grew these gigantic red and green bell peppers! Of course they were so exciting to me I had to set them up in a charming still life and compose a painting. I enjoyed doing this one. It would look good in a cooks' kitchen or any place of eatery! 

Poppy The Pig, Original Oil Painting by Cheri Wollenberg

Poppy

Original 8x8 Oil Painting On Canvas

by Cheri Wollenberg

 Poppy is pig who might be hungry and waiting on his master to bring corn or feed. His master could be a young child who plans to show him at a fair! Whatever a the story that seems to be here, if you like pigs and enjoy farm life this painting could be the very one that brings memories of laughter, love or the discipline of chores in one's life. The painting is another version of a photo that I took of a pig several years ago. More information about the painting is:

*the stretched canvas he is painted on is 8x8x.75 inches.
*it is unframed
*The edges of the painting are painted black so one doesn't have to frame it unless desired

Interest Not Lost But On Hold - Lavender And Turquoise Painting

Lavender And Turquoise

12x12 Original Acrylic Painting

by Cheri Wollenberg

I looked at the number of posts I've made since 2010 here on my blog.  I've steadily declined each year in the number of posts which was sort of a shock!  I always hope to do better! However, I enjoy writing about my painting processes and the inspiration that motivates me to paint certain subjects.  I have favorite quotes from master artists that I hope to share this year along with my work.  Recently I've been curious about some techniques of mono-printing that I hope to share with readers.  To work with acrylics and these techniques has taken me far from my comfort zone, but in some strange ways has freed my mind to explore and take a few chances that I believe could be beneficial to the process of my painting.  This particular painting is acrylic!  I'm an oil painter by choice, but take a look at the texture that is in the background.  I love it! I'm also challenged as a palette knife painter, so maybe this is why this appeals to me (LOL).

This painting is listed in my Etsy shop.  You can find more information about it by clicking

HERE!

Walker Horse II

16x16x.75 Inches Canvas

Oil Painting Original by Cheri Wollenberg

This is an original oil painting that I did of a horse from a photo that I snapped several years ago.  I still love to paint a horse every once in a while.  I drew them a lot when I was a child and never really owned one until I was married.  By the time we got her I was raising kids and didn't have time to ride her.  This life is short for sure!  We must do some things we enjoy and love on our families as much as possible!  This bay colored horse is listed in my Etsy store.  Have look if you like.

 

Still Life Painting - Turquoise Pitcher With Red Mums

12x12 Oil On Artist Canvas Board

Painted by Cheri Wollenberg

I was traveling to the studio this morning.  It is only three miles from me so I don't get too much viewing of the "townscape"between home and there, but this morning within a couple of blocks from my destination I noticed that the leaves on the maple trees that line the streets are beginning to turn red!!  Gee, no one told me it would be overnight that the color would be there!!  Amazing how much joy color can bring.  I love it!  It first reminds me of growing up which is a story for another time! We haven't even had a freeze yet, and my husband is mowing the lawn almost every other day!!  What can I say?  It just sneaked up on me (LOL).  I listed this painting yesterday in my Etsy shop.  If you are from Shawnee or the surrounding area and are interested in taking a look at it, it resides in my studio window downtown!  Thanks for taking a look.  I loved painting this little still life too.

 

Small 12x16 Hay Bale Landscape Painting by Cheri Wollenberg

Small 12x16 Hay Bale Landscape Painting

by Cheri Wollenberg

I love to paint!  Hay bales are my subject in this particular painting.  At my Inspire Studio And Art Gallery downtown Shawnee, Oklahoma I tell folks when they come in that I am inspired by different subject matter, but I always go back to subject matter that I loved as I was growing up.  I married a farmer and my life was full for so many years raising cattle, sowing crops, harvest time, and raising children.  Those years were so good.   I reflect on them a lot.  This field of round hay bales were about a mile from our home a few years ago.  I loved the distant hills in the background, the sky, with trees and hay bales in the foreground.  We have a beautiful earth!  Click the links for more information.

 

Pumpkins From The Pumpkin Patch - Painting by Cheri Wollenberg

Pumpkin Patch Pumpkins

12x12 Oil On Artist Canvas Board

by Artist:  Cheri Wollenberg

Creating autumn paintings give me a great deal of pleasure. I love painting the colors, the shapes, beautiful leaves, harvest themes and weather that autumn brings. This painting features some pumpkins painted from a pumpkin patch using some saved images I have had from previous photo references.   Thought I'd practice before the beautiful gourds and pumpkins make it to the markets this fall. I can't wait to do some more.  You can check this painting out by clicking pumpkins!