Apple Still Life Painting VII

Apple Still Life Painting VII

10x10 Oil On Stretched Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

This painting is another in my apple series.  Most of the paintings in this series are small and were daily paintings.  This view is a stretch for me.  I usually paint from side angles.  I loved the way that the apple was reflected in the silver pot.  The yellow greens complimented the reds and the silver rounded off a primary color scheme.  This painting is listed in my Etsy store.  Click here if you would like more information.

Apple Still Life Painting VI

Still Life Apple Painting VI - Copper Pot and Red Apples

9x12 Original Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg - Artist

This painting features a copper pot with two brilliant, red apples.  It has sold; however, I'm including it in my blog posts because it was originally part of my apple painting series.

SOLD

Apple Still Life Painting V

Apple Still Life Painting V, Uno Apple Painting

6x6 Oil on Stretched Canvas

Daily Painting by 

Cheri Wollenberg

This small oil painting was one of the first paintings featuring apples that I did a couple of weeks ago.  I wanted to experiment with changing backgrounds, altering my style somewhat, and learn about painting them again.  I found out that however I try to paint, I usually have a style that presents itself.  But it is fun to try different ways of doing things.  This small painting can be found in my Etsy store.  Just click here if interested.

Apple Still Life Painting IV

Bowl of Red Apples Still Life Painting

10x10x.75 Stretched Canvas

Original Oil Painting by Cheri Wollenberg

Apple Still Life Painting III

Apple Still Life Painting III

10x10x.75 Inches

Original Oil on Stretched Canvas by Cheri Wollenberg

This is one of my favorite small, daily paintings of apples that I did recently.  I had fun with it and amazingly they stayed put (lol).  You can find out more about the description of this painting by clicking HERE.

Apple Still Life Painting II

Apple Still Life Painting II

12x24 Oil On Canvas

Original by Cheri Wollenberg

This is the second of several apple still life daily painting that I've worked on recently.  Stay tuned.  This one is listed on Etsy here.

Blue and Yellow Still Life Painting

Blue and Yellow Still Life

6x8 Original Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

How time gets away!  Writing sometimes takes longer then painting!  This little still life painting features a Blue Willow Pitcher that I purchased several years ago.  I have painted it so many times and I love the sparkle that it brings to compositions with yellows, oranges and rusts.  This is a small daily painting that I finished several weeks ago.  It is featured in my Etsy store.  Have a look:)  Blue and Yellow!

Strawberry Duet

Strawberry Duet

6x8 Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

These two delicious, red strawberries were a couple that were in my last strawberry painting.  I still cannot get over how large they were.  My husband and I went to the same market yesterday to purchase a carton, but all of them of that particular brand had disappeared.  Many times when strawberries get that large their flavor is somehow diminished.  This was not the case for these delicious fruit.  PLUS, they were perfect for still lifes!!!  My goodness how much fun they were to paint.  This particular small painting of of the Strawberry Duet can be purchased in my Etsy store by clicking here.

Daisy Painting III - White Daisies, Pink Pitcher and Green Pear

Daisy Painting III

6x8 Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

This daily painting has daisies of course, but I liked using the pink pitcher and the spring green hue in the pear.  It makes for a nice complementary combination. It can be found on in my Etsy store by clicking PINK AND GREEN!

Turquoise Green Cup and Yellow Poppy

Turquoise Green Cup and Yellow Poppy

6x8 Original Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

Since we have moved I have come across many coffee cups.  I like them, use them and I have a preference as to how they feel in my hand.  This is a hard thing to describe, but it can't be too heavy, it must be attractive, cannot have a saucer and has to keep the coffee hot!   The one in my painting here happens to be one of my favorite ones.  It looks especially nice with a flower...in this case a poppy...placed beside it for a daily painting.  It is listed in my Etsy store and for sale.  Just click the title to find out more about it.

Rose Study

Rose Study

6x6 Oil on Artist Board

A Daily Painting

by

Cheri Wollenberg

This small oil painting is of a study of pink and red roses.  This particular study is not any set up or particular picture I have, but of a combination of resources.  I love to paint roses.  Sometimes I am satisfied with the results and sometimes I'm not!  I like these pretty well.  I tried to paint them with ease and confidence allowing the paint to trickle and smudge together.  This little painting may be purchased in my Etsy store by clicking here.

Red Tomatoes

Red Tomatoes

6x6 Oil on Artist Board

A Daily Painting

by

Cheri Wollenberg

Little Nest of Eggs - Daily Painting

Little Nest of Eggs

6x6 Artist Board

A Daily Painting by Cheri Wollenberg

I am very busy right now moving to another home.  I have studios in two different places, and I am preparing for two exhibitions.  This little nest of blue eggs is one I enjoyed painting while I was on a trip to New Mexico last week.  I have painted birds' eggs and nests before and they are quite fun.  This  painting will be for sale in a gallery I'm working with so if you are interested, you will need to contact me by email located in my profile.

Strawberry Topped Cupcake - A Daily Painting

Strawberry Topped Cupcake

8x8 Daily Painting

by

Cheri Wollenberg

I am so easily distracted....I will be painting on one thing and then I'm off trailing to another subject.  I love painting.  Can't get enough of it!  I love food also.  This cupcake was delicious!

If you would like to have this little painting hanging in your kitchen or propped up against a shelf somewhere in your home, click.

Red Zinnia and White Pottery Teapot

Red Zinnia and White Pottery Teapot

10x10 Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

I thought I would try painting another red flower and teapot today for my daily painting, and believe it or not.... I'm the creator of this white teapot. When I was working on my masters degree in art education I was limited to the art classes I could take during the summer.  I taught classes in high school so I couldn't take too many classes during the week during the school year either.  I attended SWOSU in Weatherford (a great place...by the way).  Since it is a small university,  their class offerings during the summer were limited to pottery and commercial arts.  I opted for the pottery and had a blast.  I was more successful in handbuilding than in throwing on the wheel, but this is one of the few things that managed to survive the wheel and the kiln (laugh).  This painting can be purchased in my etsy store by clicking:  Painting

Red Poppy and Yellow Vase

Red Poppy and Yellow Vase

6x8 Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

Primary color schemes are sometimes the most fun to paint.  I picked this unusual yellow vase up at a local flea market a while back, and it has become one of my favorite subjects to paint lately.  This little daily painting can be purchased by clicking here!

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

White Peonies in Pink Vase

White Peonies in Pink Vase

10x10 Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

I have white peonies that bloom every spring in my yard.  Each year I hardly can wait to paint them.  Their anatomy is so delicate and beautiful.  There are yellows and oranges that radiate out in the middle and through the slender petals from the center of the bloom itself.  Then on the outside of the bloom away from the bulbular center fall these very pale pink and white petals that catch light blue reflections from the sky and artificial light.  Peonies are a little challenging to paint, and sometimes I feel more successful in painting them than other times, but they are always a joy to try to emulate.  The pink vase is one of my still life favorites and I save it for very special flowers.  It is like a favorite child (laugh).  This year it seemed to cry out to me, to place these few peonies in it.  They compliment one another very well.  This painting is pretty high-key and has a pastel overtone.  To buy it you can click Peonies.

Red Apples and Cup Towel

Red Apples and Cup Towel

8x8 Oil on Canvas

by

Cheri Wollenberg

This painting features two bright, juicy, red apples resting on a colorful print cup towel.   I was inspired to paint this daily painting by the cup towel that somehow shows up in my paintings once in a while (grin).  It is funny how we have our favorite items and paint them over and over.  I just happened to have some bright, red and juicy apples to place on the cup towel and they became my focal point.  My fabric still may be a little intense.  I tried to subdue it somewhat, but all and all I am pleased.

Cherries and Cream

Cherries and Cream

by

Cheri Wollenberg

To purchase this painting you can follow this link:

http://www.chatterboxart.etsy.com/