Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Somewhere near 145th Street
So this is another painting I did from a photo I took while I was in New York. I was slightly lost when I took this photo (actually, I was slightly lost for my entire trip to New York). I know I was somewhere near 145th Street. I was supposed to be meeting my family for dinner, which I did, eventually, but not before spending a great deal of time trying to figure out where the hell I was.
Orange Building
Okay, I realize that "Orange Building" is a very uninspired title for a post. Please forgive me. I hope you like the painting better than my unimaginative name for it.
Oh yeah, and this building is in New York somewhere near Chelsea, I think. My crappy sense of direction gets crappier when I'm traveling.
dumpster art
Brooklyn Billboard
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
(another) self portrait
Night Painting
This is a painting I did from a picture I took of the UW Hospital at night. Cheating? Maybe...but it's too ^%&-ing cold to stand still outside at night and do a painting, even a short one.
I like how darkness simplifies things and adds a layer of abstration to the image. The color is very limited compared to day, and it goes without saying that there are few value details. I like shape of the smoke against the dark sky in this painting.
New York!
This past weekend I went to New York to see my brother's senior viola recital, which was fabulous. I *did* kinda want to strangle the person who kept clapping DURING the music, but that's another whole story that has nothing to do with painting, so I won't talk about it here.
I fucking LOVE New York. The day after my brother's recital I decided to take a walking tour of Manhatten. I ended up walking 250 blocks and I woke up the next morning with shin splints. Shin splints!!! I thought I was in shape from riding my bike every day, but apparently I'm well on my way to geriatric decrepitude.
I didn't bring my paints to New York (it was such a short trip), but I did do some sketches.
The drawing accompanying this post is a drawing I did while standing on a street corner. I think my stubborn refusal to move for five minutes annoyed the people who were trying to use the sidewalk for walking. Well...THEY annoyed ME by not standing still and not posing for my drawing.
Day...?
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