Cleveland #3 Train Yard
12×12″ oil on canvas
$350
I have two new paintings at the State of the Art Gallery. During the last month and a half, I have been working in a variety of media on remembered images inspired by my trip to Cleveland in the beginning of December. I did charcoal and pen and ink wash sketches. The first to be resolved, Cleveland #3 Train Yard, is 12 x12″, oil on canvas. I worked directly from the charcoal sketch with palette knife, using thick layers of paint.
The second, Cleveland #8 Cayahoga Commerce, 11 x14″, required two acrylic sketches to work out the color and composition. I needed a good sense of what it should look like because my technique is to paint the whole thing thickly and directly in one session, and because of the way the web of electrical wires fragments the background, the integrity of the image would be compromised if I had to go back into it and adjust the background.
I look forward to seeing you at the opening reception this Friday, February 1, 5:00-8:00 pm.
Cleveland #8 Cayahoga Commerce
11×14″ oil on canvas
$350
