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.
carole
November 17, 2006
Oh, lovely! I love those mountains and the light quality in the trees and those clouds on the tops of the mountains. Your paintings have so much light and movement in them.
Kate (Cathy) Johnson
November 17, 2006
I can feel the wind…lovely…
Renate
November 17, 2006
It has a quiet and peacefull look. Very nice!
hfm
November 17, 2006
I particularly like the shape of the mountains.
wendy
November 17, 2006
What great mountains you have near your place! It’s a strong kind of painting.
Geelong has a few hills, but not in our suburb.
Peppercorn trees here are a reference to a historical past – early settlers planted them so mostly it’s a sign of some old farm or house. Their trunks are good to draw, often twisty and textured.
W.
Tami
November 17, 2006
I love the mountains in this. Calif Peppers are one of my favorite trees (grown in the right location). Beautiful and yes, a bit toward abstract.
andrea
November 18, 2006
The colour is great. Love the sky too.