Green and Red Peppers in Blue and White Bowl Painting

Green and Red Peppers in Blue and White Bowl

10x10 Original Oil Painting

by

Cheri Wollenberg

Moving is not easy!  We have been moving to a different state during the last several weeks.  Oh My!!!

This is one of the paintings that I have managed to complete since moving my studio.  I'm getting use to my surroundings, and I needed the therapy that painting provides me.  When I paint my troubles and stress seem to disappear.  This particular still life painting was a little more tedious for me to do than some.  Green and red bell peppers make such a wonderful complementary statement.  Kitchens that have a lot of reds in them has to have green to create pleasing color balance.  In this painting the blue and white bowl seemed to be the perfect container for this little still life.  I loved the way the colors complemented one another and bounced around visually. If you are interested in this painting you can find it by clicking Peppers! 

Tabasco and Hot Peppers

Tabasco and Hot Peppers

6x6 Artist Board

by

Cheri Wollenberg

Hot sauce is something we've always had around our house.  We like spicy hot foods and I thought it would be fun to place some peppers around a Tabasco Hot Sauce bottle for a composition to paint.  This was a "warm" subject to paint after some extremely cold and snowy weather here in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Free Peppers

Peppers

by Cheri Wollenberg

Yellow Pepper

by Cheri Wollenberg

As my husband and I entered our church one Sunday evening, we saw a box at the information desk. On it was a sign, "Free, take what you want." It was not signed so several people who were in that area began to guess who the generous person was.  What a nice gift!  I have to admit I was thinking...........Oh, what beautiful subjects to paint! How can I decide on so few? Do I really take what I want, or should I think of others and take only a few.  I just have to tell you that they were a tempting lot....right there in church! So I did a very thoughtless thing and took several of the most beautiful and unusual shaped, brilliant peppers that I have ever seen.....and the variety of kinds were amazing. The shorten this story, I will say that I painted two today and I plan on painting more. I think I might place one of my paintings in the same place we found the box, and place a sign on it, "Free, to the thoughtful one who brought the peppers."