Red, Delicious Strawberries - Food Still Life Painting

Strawberries and White Creamer

8x8 Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

 

Strawberries have a way of coming into my painting compositions every year about this time.  I can't decide whether the inspiration comes from loving the delicious food itself, their color and handsome design, or whether they look  stunning and inviting mixed with other shapes, colors and textures.  Either reason I enjoy painting them as a favorite food and subject in of my small my still lifes.  This one is listed in on Etsy.  Click Here. 

Three Tomatoes Set on a Sill

Three Tomatoes Set on a Sill

6x18 Original Oil Painting on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

I have  shared on previous posts about the nice people who have brought garden produce as gifts to my husband and I.  What good friends we have!!  They shared with us because our garden turned out to be a flop!  We only harvested onions in the spring and a very bad tasting watermelon later in the season.  A few circumstances of life visited us this year that created a challenge for us to keep it up and running.  However, we enjoyed these gifts of ripe peaches, corn on the cob, and a bounty of tomatoes in several different ways of preparation (lol).  I prepared them first in still compositions that made my mouth water and then we prepared them for eating!  I love to paint red things.  Red shouts energy, excitement and love!  We received our friends' love over and over:)  It is for sale here.

Red Tomatoes and Peach Toned Creamer Still Life Painting

Red Tomatoes and Peach Toned Creamer

6x8 Original Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

I love this little creamer that I acquired recently and I couldn't decide what I wanted to place with it for a painting.  I liked the way the tomatoes looked with it and decided to paint it the first time in reds and greens.  It is listed in my Etsy store.  Click here.

Fresh Peaches Still Life Painting by Cheri Wollenberg

Fresh Peaches

6x8 Original Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

Adding posts to my blog has sadly diminished again this month!  Personal circumstances have taken priority over my passion for painting, but I'm ready to heal and take my brush in hand and create some small works from things that have inspired me.  Since our lives have been on hold for the past few months we had given up on gardening.  We missed the fresh garden produce.  However, a couple of families in church have gifted us with some beautiful and tasty tomatoes and peaches.  I couldn't resist painting them.  Here as a painting is a sampling of the peaches we were given.  This small painting is listed in my Etsy store.  Have a look here.

Cherry Desert Food Still Life Painting

Cherry Desert

Food Still Life Painting

6x8 Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

During Thanksgiving holiday I looked at recipe after recipe and my mouth was watering the whole time!  Inspiration for this food painting came during all that search time.  I enjoyed painting this little desert.  It is offered in my Etsy shop.....click here.

Tomatoes on a Window Sill - Food Painting

Tomatoes on a Window Sill

11x14 Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

Four tomatoes are the subject of this medium sized painting.  Food paintings create a comfortable decor in many kitchens; however, my interest in painting them goes a little beyond kitchen decor.  Every time I have set tomatoes up for a still life composition to paint....the reflections and colors of the fruit have created such visual excitement that I am inspired over and over again.  This painting is listed in my Etsy shop.  Click tomatoes to see more details.