Category: Painting

Train Cars. Sold. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. This was a great place to paint, totally secluded in an overgrown field right in the middle of the city, not a block away from a coffee shop where I could get refreshments. The picture is a good example of the rule that if you want light… Continue reading Untitled

State St. $60. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. In the middle is the grand remnant of the old Capitol Theater that got incorporated into the new Overture Center arts complex on State St. On the left is the former Yost’s department store, now another part of the Overture Center. The long window on the right… Continue reading Untitled

S. Pinckney St. $40. 8×10 inches, oil on board. As I frequently do, I drove around frantically, in a panic that I wouldn’t find a good spot. This one, however, was perfect. Although this was a busy area, I was up on a little hill back off the sidewalk where people weren’t passing behind me.… Continue reading Untitled

S. Hamilton St. $55. 8×10 inches, oil on board. This is an alley behind the Tornado Club just off the Capitol Square. I was attracted by the colors in this scene, the many greens and the orange ramp entrance in the distance. A nice guy came by and said, “I’m glad you’re painting that. I… Continue reading Untitled

S. Fairchild St. $40. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. Another attempt at a “vista.” This time I got lots of cars and people in the picture. I should’ve put more detail into the building in shadow on the left. It was fun painting the transparent glass of the Overture Center, the next building down on… Continue reading Untitled

Quisling Clinic. Sold. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. This building is all curves! It’s actually an apartment building now. As I stood near the curb with my umbrella up on a hot day, kids were piling off buses next to me, coming back from summer church camp. I love to do these kinds of skies.

N. Pinckney St. $60. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. After looking at the map, this is actually on Henry St. Anyway, I liked the color on the right and the shadow on the steps.

N. Hamilton St. NFS. 6×8 inches, oil on canvas paper. Over the winter, I painted in my car, using a small “pochade” box, which, when I opened it, had the painting slid into the top and the palette below, with paints and brushes underneath. I was doing this painting toward evening, uneventfully, when the sun… Continue reading Untitled

Luddington Ave. Sold. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. I live on Luddington. Not too many people do. At two blocks, it’s one of Madison’s shortest streets. Right across the street is Lowell School. My neighbors tend to look at me strangely when I’m set up near the curb, staring at their house for a few… Continue reading Untitled

Henry St. Sold. 8×10 inches, oil on panel. I did this picture just after a teacher told me not to be “fussy” and simply state things with a few brush strokes. But I did it anyway in the greenery, which is about the hardest thing for me to paint. This is the site of the… Continue reading Untitled