Still Life Painting - White Pottery Teapot And Red Strawberries

White Pottery Teapot and Red Strawberries

14x18 Oil on Canvas

Cheri Wollenberg

 

Exciting strawberries!  Why would an artist be interested in painting strawberries?  Why would a viewer desire to look at them?  Inspiration in some form or another always comes from our senses.  Everytime I buy strawberries I think to myself I will have to paint them before my husband and I eat them up!  The color of bright red brings a delight to my eyes.  The juicy, wet quality (touch sense) and the tangy smell of them causes me to remember their delicious taste.  All of these reasons cause me as an artist to record those sensations with brush and paint in hand onto a support (canvas).

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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