Friday, September 27, 2013

Columbia-Tusculum

519 Tusculum Avenue
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

220 E. Sharon Road
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

Boone No. 7
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.