mass transit

20"x24" oil/linen

I struggled with this one. Trying to catch the feeling of commuting in the city. Feeling the rails with a city skyline approaching. Anticipation. For those that have been to Chicago, You will appreciate the idea of train travel over sitting in traffic! I digress. Will build on this theme somehow.

City in the rain

14"x11" oil/linen birch panel

Another cityscape albeit a small one. Focusing again on the energy of a city and traffic not worrying about detail. A city in the rain is a blur of light at night.

Chincoteague Virginia Paintings

8"x16" oil/linen panel

Did this one from a photo stored on the laptop from fall Chincoteague excursion. Plein air work was fun but the skeeters were eating me alive so I took some snapshots to work from.

Rainy cityscape

30"x40" oil/linen

A new cityscape in the rain. I can't emphasize my attraction to tearing down the subject. Repetition of form is apparent.

Cityscape

24"x20" oil/linen

 

Another new cityscape. I do enjoy breaking down the shapes to their bare essentials.

Bridge painting

8"x16" oil/linen panel

My fascination with bridges continues. This time I'm underneath and it's summer. We can imagine...........

Chadds Ford paint out

 11"x14" oil/linen birch panel

This was the second piece I did on day one at Chadds Ford. Thankfully it sold at the reception!

11"x14" oil/linen birch panel

 This one I did first on Friday. Friday the sun was out so I worked very hard. It's a good thing. Saturday was overcast and flat light. I had planned on painting a particular structure in sunlight "the four dogs tavern in Marshalton" but alas the light wasn't there. I made a mistake because there was very nice atmosphere and aerial perspective in the morning had I chosen a landscape!

Chadds Ford paint out 2012

I'll be participating in this juried event along with 29 other artists including Ken Backhaus. If you're near southeast PA. check it out! More info click here