Eggs II

Eggs II

6x8 Original Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

I've wondered the last several days how creative an artist could be in painting eggs.  I think since I seem to be consumed with this topic and chickens lately, I'll explore it a little bit.  These eggs certainly tasted good.  They were supposed to be laid by cage-free hens.  They are a pretty golden brown color and I enjoyed painting them.  It makes a nice subject for a daily painting....lots of practice and just plain fun!  This painting is listed in my Etsy store.  You may take a look at it by clicking Eggs II.

Miss Hen and Eggs - Two Paintings That Go Together

Miss Hen

8x10 Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

As I get older I have this crazy desire to do things I never did before.  It may be the "bucket" thing....I don't know.  My husband and I will be moving back to a farm home in the near future, and I have decided that I would like to have a couple of hens.  There are several reasons for this.....I think it would be nice to have fresh eggs; I think chickens are  fun subjects to paint; and, I have a little farmer grandson who get's really "wide-eyed" when he thinks he is fixing to embark on a new venture.  We have raised cattle, lambs, pigs, and crops, but never chickens!  At one time of my life raising chickens would have been the last thing I ever wanted to do.  My grandmother had them and when we grandchildren went barefooted in the summertime.........well, you know the rest!  Anyway, I'll probably extend this post at another time and write about some of my previous experiences with roosters and chickens, but today....I wanted to post two related daily paintings that I finished a couple of weeks ago.  The hen above and the eggs below can be seen on etsy if one would be interested in buying them.  I enjoyed painting both of them.

Egg and Broken Shell

6x6 Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

Robin's Nest

Robin's Nest

by

Cheri Wollenberg

Recently my sister and I have become really interested in bird's nests.  We both have wrens that make their nests in what seems to be the most inappropriate places around our homes.  I have taken my ferns down to water them only to have a little wren scamper out so quickly I thought a hummingbird was leaving the fern.  My sister has a potted plant outside her kitchen that a little wren has possessed.  I am also interested in the robin's nests as well.  One of my students recently brought in a picture of a robin's nest that her cousin had taken in a tree in her yard.  She shared the picture with me and as I painted this one, I used a little "artistic license" to accomplish a nice little decorative nest.

This painting may be purchased in my etsy store.  Follow this link:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/54134711/robins-nest-original-oil-painting

Crazy Eggs - A Little Poppish

Sometimes I get carried away when I think of the different possibilities of painting one subject matter.  I was asked one time why I painted pictures.  In all honesty, I have to say that the process is more important to me than the product.  There are times when I want to do something serious that could be considered higher art, and then there are times that I love to play.....It is great therapy when you aren't sure what you are going to paint next.  It might be that I want to rest or not think and plan so much, but painting everyday keeps me tuned-up!  I would imagine that it is much like a runner.  Surely a runner enjoys running and not just the training!  Or accomplishing a goal!   Anyway -  these next two images are some paintings I did the last couple of days.  They certainly cannot be called fine art, they're a little poppish but they were fun to do, and I relaxed and thought of my grandchildren while I painted them (smiles).

Robin's Nest

Birds of Different Color Eggs!