Pepper Trees – Daily Painting

“Pepper Trees near Lake Piru” 7.5″ x 11″ Watercolor on 140# paper
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Almost as common as eucalyptus are California’s pepper trees, which, in the summer, are heavily laden with pink peppercorns. These tall fluffy trees are especially common along highways, and scent the air with a spicy fragrance when the fallen peppers are crushed.

After I painted this I thought it almost verged on the abstract with large bands of color, shape and texture but no real center of interest.