Red Peppers on Yellow Green

Both the colors of the peppers and of the tabletop are very saturated, but there is a larger area of tabletop, which helps to establish dominance.  I like the repeated pepper shapes, the repeated horizontals, and the conflict of the vertical knife.  It creates an interesting tension. 

Three Peppers on Dots

Another painting of colorful peppers.  I enjoy the colors and values of the red pepper - cool and magenta away from the light, warm and orangey on the lit side. 

Orange Pepper on Dots

The peppers were on sale at the market - so I bought several, one of each color, red yellow orange.  I dulled down the saturation of the turquoise dots in the background so they wouldn't float off the page.  I like the saturated orange color.