THE DAILY URBAN LANDSCAPE #3 Baltimore MD

For today's landscape we will continue traveling south, about an hours drive from Wilmington, to Baltimore's Inner Harbor, a delightful mix of shops, restaurants, and museums, as well as its famous Aquarium.

The Inner Harbor

Print (12x37") from an original watercolor aprox. 16x45"

$50.00

THE DAILY URBAN LANDSCAPE

Today we are in Wilmington Delaware, standing on the steps of the old Water Works on the Brandywine River and looking at an evolving skyline.  This painting was done in the late 1980s, probably 1988.

 

From the Steps

Watercolor  20x20

I love the contrast of the old and the new, the cluttered and the clean, the warm and the cold. and the organic and the inorganic architecture

 

LOOKING BACK

Returning to an early fascination of mine...the urban market, store fronts, and the corner stores, I painted this generic scene.


Produce watercolor 3x6"

HERE I GO AGAIN

Met Life building wc 10x24
I guess it was all the "looking back" at my old urban paintings that did it. Whatever the reason, I find myself in the thick of urban landscapes and watercolor. This painting is new, just completed this week and is what I refer to as my Interior Skylines. I am currently working on a piece I started about 7 years ago and will post it as soon as it is complete.

THAT MUST BE RELAXING

A New York City Skyline of my own design A rewarding experience, but certainly not relaxing.

I’m sure I am not the only artist to hear the comment about how relaxing making art must be. I heard this ad-nauseum when I first left my medical practice to pursue a career in art. Of course I wanted to scream.. “NO!!! IT IS NOT RELAXING!! IT IS WORK!!” The difference is that it is good work, and like all good work, there is an element of stress and anxiety involved. These are, for the artist, as garlic is for the Italian cook. They make the art worthwhile, they give it that something special that cannot be defined, but easily recognized when present, or absent.