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Show J f . - -. - ..... i: - - i , I ". .. V; I . - : f ' v - - - I ; , , , -,n , ., ,., ...., L J Top: Flowers bloomed in the Lower Gallery, as the Kimball hosted an exhibit by Choral Pepper. Right: Choral "Corke" Pepper has attended many openings at the Kimball Art Center. But then she was the director, not the featured artist. photos by Nan Chalat " 1 - . A - -- - Choral Pepper brings a splash of spring to the Kimball Art Center still lifes of fruits, wine and flowers are called "September Song" and "Autumn Leaves." "I love the romance and elegance of Europe and I firmly believe flowers always enhance a landscape," land-scape," she said. When she is not abroad, Pepper divides her time between an apartment in Coronado, California and a home in Salt Lake City. "I have a wonderful studio in Salt Lake with north light and I paint every day," she said. Pepper studied art before choosing a career as a writer and magazine editor in California. She returned to painting in Park City, but instead of continuing with oils, she took a watercolor class from Diane Bal-aban. Bal-aban. "It was like starting all over. Watercolor is nothing like oil," she said. The results of Choral Pepper's latest direction are sure to give visitors to the Little Gallery a severe case of spring fever. The exhibit will continue through April 4. by Nan Chalat Former Kimball Art Center Director Choral Pepper returned to Park City Sunday as an exhibitor in the Little Gallery. The . show is evidence that Pepper has spent the two intervening years in serious pursuit of a career as a watercolorist. Her devotion has paid off. . Her show consists of recent floral compositions, which have all been assigned song titles. A painting of a flower stall is aptly called "You don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore." Another is called "The Last Time I Saw Paris." Much of the work was done in Europe, where Pepper spent the last two summers. Last summer she rented a flat in Sweden and painted every day, she said. Pepper said this new body of work was inspired by a trend away from abstracts and back toward realism. "But it is still terribly loose. That's what I love about it. "These paintings represent a whole new feeling for me of romance and optimism. That's how I feel these days. " A cluster of pastel umbrellas is titled "Singing in the Rain" and two |