16" x 20", Oil on Canvas
12/2013
Number 4 in the pieces being painted for possible inclusion in the "Winter" show at Sinclair Community College, Mason.
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Winter Show Pieces 3
16" x 20", Oil on Canvas
12/2013
Number 4 in the pieces being painted for possible inclusion in the "Winter" show at Sinclair Community College, Mason.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Winter Show Pieces 2
16" x 20", Oil on Canvas
12/2013
Number 3 in the pieces being painted for possible inclusion in the "Winter" show at Sinclair.
Winter Solstice
6" x 8", Oil on Canvas Panel
12/2013
It's that time of year and this painting went to Gene Hinckley (past President and Honorary Signature Member) at the Cincinnati Art Club Holiday Party last night. I received a painting of the Roebling Bridge by Nancy Bradley Strauchen. Wonderful dinner and great fellowship with the attending club members!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Winter Show Pieces
16" x 20", Oil on Canvas
11/2013
Working on pieces for an upcoming "Winter Show" to go up in January at Sinclair Community College, Mason, OH. This is number 2 that I've completed.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Reserves Park– Lotus
24" x 30", Oil on Canvas
11/2013
A semi-commissioned work, this is the pond in in late afternoon light.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Plein Air– Sharon Woods
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
10/2013
Finished this one yesterday in the fading light with numb fingers and chattering teeth. Since the leaves were still on the trees, they kept the rain and snow off the pallet and canvas. Last SWOPA scheduled paintout of the year.
More Seasonal Adjustments...
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Panel
10/2013
The first cold weather of the season brought this one forth at MAPs. Getting in the mood for another of this series in a larger size. 16x20 or maybe a 24x36.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Childern's Day– Study
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Panel
10/203
A study for a future still life painting relating to Childern's Day in Japan. Bisque dolls, porcelain bowl, koinobori (carp-shaped) windsocks, parasol, water iris and peonies.
OPA Great Paintout 2
Eden Park Gazebo
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
10/2013
The two paintings I did on the second day of the Oil Painters of America Great Paintout– Cincinnati this last Saturday. Looking across the reflecting pond at the Gazebo and the Elsinore Arch valve house and Elsinore Street beyond.Elsinore
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Panel
10/2013
Friday, October 11, 2013
Plein Air– White Water Shaker Village
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Panel
10/2013
Due to a meeting I was not able to get out to paint in the raking morning sunlight at the White Water Shaker Village this Thursday. Instead I painted this amazing stand of big bluestem grass. Towering over 10 feet tall, it blocks the view of the Shaker Office in the Center Family building cluster. One of three structures remaining, the Center Family cluster used to encompass 9. A total of 22 buildings from this Shaker community still stand.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Plein Air– Sawyer Point
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Panel
10/2013
I only got drenched while scoping out painting locations last Thursday at Sawyer Point. Started in the pouring rain while sheltering under the arches of the Purple People Bridge, this statue is of the namesake for the Society of Cincinnati (after which the city is named). The famous Roman general refused to govern after leading the country's armies to victory. Thus the bundled axe and staves (symbol of the Consul's authority) and the plow (he went back to his estates).
Plein Air– OPA Great Paintout 1
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
10/2013
View of Krohn
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Panel
10/2013
I spent the first of two Saturdays at Eden Park yesterday participating in the Oil Painters of America 2013 Great Painout Cincinnati. Sponsored by the Cincinnati Art Club, there were 22 artists from Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio that particapated. Some were from as far away as Columbus and Indianapolis. Next week we will finish with a wet paint sale of the newly created canvases.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Reserves Park– Lotus 9
36" x 24", Oil on Canvas
10/2013
This was painted to match into the format of RP– Lotus 7 & 8, the pair I've had hanging in the Pendragon Homes Model. #7 is headed to Annapolis, MD for the Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Show, leaving an unmatched pair. This painting has taken its place.
MAPs Still Life
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Board
10/2013
Monday at Mason Area Painters there were tables full of still life setups.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Columbia-Tusculum
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
9/2013
I painted on Tusculum Avenue in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati yeaterday morning. The rest of the SWOPA group was going to paint afternoon-evening, but I was tied up. The other side of Tusculum is lit in the AM, so colorful homes from the west side of the street are represented.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Three Flower Studies
Reserves Park– Lotus Study 2
8" x 10", Oil o Canvas Panel
9/2013
Reserves Park– Lotus Study 3
8" x 10", Oil o Canvas Panel
9/2013
Reserves Park– Lotus Study 4
8" x 10", Oil o Canvas Panel
9/2013
Preparatory studies of lotus flowers for larger paintings in the Reserves Park Series.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Plein Air– Glendale
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Panel
9/2013
One of the many Victorian buildings that line Sharon Road as it passes through Glendale, this little gal is undergoing a interior refit. Nice colors and contrasting building shapes, with just enough foliage.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Plein Air– Anderson Ferry
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
8/2013
Boone No. 7 is the oldest ferry still working on the Ohio River. Built in 1937, this paddle-wheeler was first powered by steam and then converted to diesel. One of three ferry boats used at Anderson Ferry.
I found out she is still work (much to my chagrin), when they cast off her lines and pulled away from the bank, 1 hour into my painting. I had just sketched in her shape and I painted all around that waiting for her return to shore. I got about a total of about 45 minuets to paint her in.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
On A Mission
11" x 14", Oil on Canvas
8/2013
You had to look quick! These three gals were some determined walkers, as I was plein air painting at Coney Island. They swept by in a westerly direction and a couple of minuets later returned from whence they came. Mary Beth Thompson Dowlin (background) showes her awe.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Plein Air– Peterloon
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
8/2013
Painted on Thursday at the Emery home "Peterloon" in Indian Hill, Ohio. One of the great family estates in the Cincinnati area, Peterloon was built in 1928 to rival the country homes of europe. Currently operated by the Peterloon Foundation the house and grounds are available for events and meetings.
I discovered personal connection to the home: my grandfather was an electrical contractor to the Emerys, when the home was built. This view is of the west wing and main section of the home from a sunken gravel terrace.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Plein Air– Clifton
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Panel
8/2013
South West Ohio Plein Air group was down in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati last Thursday. A heavy urban vibe in this area that's centered on the streets of Clifton and Ludlow Avenues, it doesn't have a square like some of the city neighborhoods.
I didn't want to just paint anything, so I set up across the street from the alley leading to the hair salon that I've been frequenting for the last 37 years. This piece can be currently be seen at Head First, 329 1/2 Ludlow Avenue.
Plein Air– Coney Island
River Gate
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
8/2013
I spent two days plein air painting at the old Coney Island amusement park in the California neighborhood of Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Art Club sponsored the first day as part of the celebrations surrounding the opening of ViewPoint 45, the national open show that they sponsor.
The first day I painted the view from just above the Ohio River, looking toward the River Gate. This is the old drop off point for the Island Queen steamboat, that used to bring thousands of passengers to the park every summer. If you use the link above, you can see the River Gate in the bottom photo.
On the second day, with the SWOPA group, I painted in the old midway, looking toward Moonlight Gardens. An outdoor dance hall in use since 1925. Destination of a lot of those folks who came up on the Island Queen to see the top dance bands, especially in the 30's and 40's.
Toward Moonlight Gardens
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Panel
8/2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Plein Air– Morrow
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
8/2013
It was a drizzly morning last Saturday for the Ohio Plein Air paint out in Morrow, Ohio. Most of us went up Todd's Fork to paint this falls from different vantage points. A great location I'd like to return to when there's some sunshine.
Plein Air– Findlay Market
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
8/2013
Last Thursday in Findlay Market, in Over the Rhine. So much activity and color, even though it was during the week. There are several vendors that set up outside at the East end of the Market under tarp canopies. Their wares a displayed to the inside (?), rather than facing out to the walk.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Reserves Park Pair
36" x 24", Oil on Canvas
7/2013
A companion piece to Reserves Park- Lotus 7, this is the second portrait format I've done in the 36" x 24" size. I'm working in this size to fill a special location at the Pendragon Model Home in Mason, Ohio. We have a artwork swap-out coming up at the end of August. You'll be able to see the paintings together there.
Lotus Flower Study
8" x 10", Oil on Canvas Panel
7/2013
I was having trouble rendering the lotus flower in a larger painting, so I did this 8 x 10 on Monday to work out the problems.
Plein Air- Smale Riverfront Park
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
7/2013
The new Moerlein Lager House abuts one end of the Schmidlapp Event Lawn at the new Smale Riverfront Park in Cincinnati. In the 19th Century, Christian Moerlein was one of the biggest breweries in the country. A local entrepreneur has revived the name to brew craft beers and opened this restaurant next to the Red's Great American Ballpark.
After Nancy Ford Cones
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
7/2013
The Greater Loveland Historical Society is sponsoring another art show this fall based on the photography of Nancy Ford Cones (1869-1962). A native of Loveland and photographer for Kodak and other early photographic supply companies, Cones used location in and around Loveland, Ohio for many of her early 20th Century photos.
This painting is based on this photo:
Leading the Geese, 1913, silver print by Cones
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
From My Pond
11" x 14", Oil on Canvas
7/2013
The iris in my water garden have faded (they're the earliest bloomers) and I can't match the purple. I'll have to try to paint them "en plein air" next year.
Plein Air– Hyde Park Square
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
7/2013
A hot trip to Hyde Park Square last Thursday produced this view of the Kilgore Fountain. Looking at the fountain kept the view cool, even if I wasn't.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Plein Air– Greenfield Plant Farm
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
7/2013
I don't know how I got myself into this one, but I guess it turned out OK. This place had the most different verities of plant of any nursery of visited. With all the plants it was hard to get far enough away from things to paint them. They even stock pine needle straw! I haven't seen that since I lived in Alabama.
SWOPA went to the Greenfiled Plan Farm on Clough Pike, near Turpin High School. This is in Anderson Township, Hamilton County and is part of the Eastern suburbs of Cincinnati. Not that this area didn't get settled early. The plant farm is on a homestead settled in 1835 and just down Clough Pike is a log home built in 1795! This area is as close to the original settlement in the Cincinnati area (Columbia, now part of the Columbia-Tusculum neiborhood), as downtown is.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Plein Air– Loveland
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Panel
6/2013
Thursday, a week ago, SWOPA joined the people who were participating in the Loveland Paint the Town to work "en plein air" in that little burg. I found this little picnic grove in the back of the Loveland Canoe Livery's property. The Little Miami River was just to the right behind the trees and the Little Miami Bike Path it just behind the row of trees to the left.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Reserves Park Series
24" x 36", Oil on Canvas
6/2013
The next installment of the Reserves Park Series is a look across the small pond that is choked with lotus plants each summer. Near the bank the lotus mix with the cat tails and other shallow water plants, with their leaves and flowers standing 2-3 feet above the semi-dry land. No matter how deep the water, some of the leaves and all of the flowers raise themselves above the water's surface.
Plein Air– Glenwood Gardens
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
6/2013
Finally got out on a Thursday to paint "en plein air" with SWOPA group and THERE WAS NO RAIN! Trip was to Glenwood Gardens Park in Woodlawn, right next to Glendale. The park straddles the West fork of the Mill Creek as it drains out of Winton Woods lake. The previous owners bought the property because it reminded them so much of the Cottswolds in England, which they loved so much. They even recontoured the valley floor to make it roll more. This painting is of one of the very large and gnarley sycamore trees that populate the valley.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Plein Air– Covington Historic District
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
5/2013
Our plein air group was down in the Covington (KY) Historic District this week... and this is a view from the far North Eastern tip. Along the river walk you can see across the mouth of the Licking River to the B&B Riverboat landing in Newport, KY.
Plein Air– Gorman Farm
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas
5/2013
Our plein air trip to Gorman Farm turned into a gully-washer. I got the major color blocked in and added the detail at MAPs on Monday.
Reserves Park– Lotus 6
16" x 20", Oil on Canvas
5/2013
A little larger painting in the Reserves Park Series.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Plein Air– Lytle Park
12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
5/2013
A little different view of the Taft Museum, with more of Lytle Park showing in the forground. This one better places the Baum-Longworth-Sinton-Taft House in the East end of the Central Business District, below Mt. Adams. "A National Historic Landmark built about 1820 for Martin Baum, is the oldest domestic wooden structure in situ" in Cincinnati. It "considered one of the finest examples of Federal architecture in the Palladian style in the country."
Friday, May 3, 2013
Plein Air– Saylor Park
9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Panel
5/2013
The SWOPA trip yesterday was to Fernbank River Park and Saylor Park, OH. I found this boat storage area next to the Mariner's Inn, just next to Fernbank Park. Lots of boats that haven't made it to the water yet.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A Pair of Miniatures
5" x 7", Oil on Canvas Panel
04/2013
5" x 7", Oil on Canvas Panel
04/2013
These small panels are studies for larger paintings in the continuing Reserves Park Lotus series.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Plein Air– Eden Park
Plein Air, 12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
04/2013
This Melan reinforced concrete arch bridge was built in Eden Park, Cincinnati, in 1894. Joseph Melan developed a system of embedding rigid iron trusses into the concrete structure, instead of reinforcing rods. These bridges are noted for their shallow and thin arches. This one can be found spanning Eden Park Drive, with carved limestone eagles flanking both entrance and exit ends.
Plein Air– Spring Grove
Plein Air, 12" x 16", Oil on Canvas
04/2012
This Gothic chapel is the Dexter family mausoleum in Spring Grove Cemetery. A wealthy "whiskey baron" of English decent, Edmund Dexter had this chapel built in 1869 overlooking the main pond. The upstairs portion is a perfectly proportioned Gothic chapel for the family's use for services. Below the front stair is a arched entrance to the crypt below where family members are interred.
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