The daily dose of art MORE FAVORITES - PASTELS

Among the many pastel paintings I've done, these are two of my favorites, contrasting the elegant architecture of NYC with the high plains of Nebraska.

NYC skyline  pastel  30x40

High Plain Hills  pastel   40x30

When I look at these I wonder why I don't spend more time with the pastels.

THE DAILY URBAN LANDSCAPE #12 NYC

We're back in the Big Apple today.  Well, not "in it" so much as looking at it from some point convenient for me to create this imaginary skyline, focusing on selected, historic skylines from the early 20th century.

 

A Skyline of my own design

Pastel  30x40

Sold

Completed in the summer of 2001, this remains one of the most complex pastel paintings I've ever done.  I wonder if this is what drove me to the barns.

THE DAILY URBAN LANDSCAPE #7 UNION SQUARE

We're back in NYC for the second time, checking out the farmer's market in Union Square.  Like previous some of the previous urban landscapes, this was composed using countless photos taken as I wandered through the square.  It represents one the most challenging watercolors I've ever undertaken.  The original plan was to publish it as another limited edition print, but somehow that never happened.  It was painted in 1988.

Union Square

Watercolor  13x34"  framed to 22x43

$1500

Black & White Plus part 5

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I find myself in a comfortable rhythm in the studio, working at an unhurried pace at my drawing table.  With several commissions pending I’m not sure how much longer it will last.

Since my last post I’ve “visited” NYC, Philly, and Baltimore.

Union Square in NYC

 

 

Society Hill in Philadelphia

Inspired by Fells Point in Baltimore...pen & ink on a clay mono type

ORCHARD STREET

I meet the nicest people in my gallery. This week a young man stopped in to look at the art work and was attracted to my pastel painting, Orchard street.



I explained to him that it was based on a photo I took over 20 years ago on a visit to NYC. Orchard St. was known for the shops that specialized in luggage and outer wear, and on Saturdays the merchants rolled there good out on to the sidewalk in addition to hanging them outside of the second floor on supports extending from the walls of the buildings.

This morning I received an email from Bobby with some kind words, plus these photos of Orchard St. that he found online. How thoughtful was that?!