Traincars II. Sold. This was my last picture before the big snows came in December. It was a beautiful late fall/early winter day–cold, but great for painting. The sky was a pure winter blue. Even now during the January thaw, the sky looks more like spring than winter. These two “buddies” were empty scrap metal… Continue reading Trains
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Main St. II. $50. It was a dark day in more ways than one and I kept wanting to quit and go drink coffee, but I knew I’d feel better after I painted a picture, which I did. Since it was late afternoon when I started, the sun kept going down and at first the… Continue reading Untitled
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Fall Tree. $65. This is the tree in front of my house, which of course I never really noticed until I was looking for something to paint a few weeks ago. By now all the leaves are on the ground. It was spectacular when I painted it, full of low sun.
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Boat House. Sold. 8 x 10 inches, oil on panel. Another windy fall day, but I got behind a park shelter and was pleasantly out of the wind. This is the old boat house on Lake Monona, which for a long time was dark brown and leaned crazily, even after they “restored” it. This time,… Continue reading Untitled
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Lake Monona. $45. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. This is Lake Monona with a nice orangish sky, from Marquette Park on a fall day when it threatened to rain at any moment, but never did. Many nice people came by and complimented me on the picture.
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I haven’t put up any new paintings for awhile because in addition to a show in October, I started a class in portrait painting at the Palette and Chisel Academy in Chicago with Marci Oleszkiewicz. The class is great, as is a day once a week in the big city. The Palette and Chisel is… Continue reading Untitled
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W. Main St. $80. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. I did this picture late on a Friday afternoon after work at the end of a whole week of not painting. I was determined to paint, despite failing light, an unusually cold September day, lots of wind, and maybe rain. I had to stand behind a… Continue reading Untitled
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W. Johnson St. II. $50. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. This is the view from the other side of the street with, of course, the Capitol in the background. Someday I’m going to do a series of pictures all around the Capitol square, with the dome somewhere far off in the background–it’ll be like “Where’s… Continue reading Untitled
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W. Johnson St. Sold. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. A nice little scene that features contrast between highlights and shadows with some interesting geometry and colors. This is the backside of some buildings that face State St.
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E. Gorham St. Sold. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. This picture was really fun to paint because the difference between the shadow and highlight areas was so dramatic. Since Madison isn’t very big, just about the only place you find old houses like this is downtown in the student neighborhoods. Which for me is lucky… Continue reading Untitled
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