Monday, September 26, 2016
Saturday, September 3, 2016
The last moments of my first visit to Chicago ended with a sketch of Ethelberto done in a laundramat in the Sheridan Park -North Broaday neighborhood. The man was very happy and proud to have his picture drawn by a traveling quick sketch artist. When I first approached him and sugested drawing him he offered to give me some money which I couldn't refuse since it helps to keep me traveling.
But when I finished he made good and doubled his original offer. The kind of people you meet in laundramats in Chicago!... True art lovers and patrons!
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Monday, July 4, 2016
Friday, June 17, 2016
2016 Midwest Travel log
Portrait of a restaurant
BLACKSMITH'S ITALIAN
While driving thru Montana to attend a memorial for two cousins who were beloved in our family, my first inclination was to make a beeline for the goal and comfort of my family; that seemed the easiest thing to do. But before reaching Montana, a realization hit me, and my mind changed. I decided to stop in Bozeman and make good on a promise I made two and a half years ago to Corey Dragone: part owner with his father Steve, and Chef at their restaurant of two and a half years: Blacksmiths Italian. The promise to Corey was that one day I would make it to Bozeman and I would do a rendering of Blacksmith's Italian. I realized while approaching Bozeman in this trip, that I could not be sure how long it would be before I came thus again. Corey and I met when Corey was owner-operator and chef and also originator of a foodcart in Portland Oregon and I was including a plien-air rendering of the foodcarts in the city as part of a mission I was on to capture some iconic images of Portland. Corey and I became friends and kept in touch and so, that way- I got to hear about his business shift from a cart in Portland to a brick and mortar spot in Bozeman with a (hardly surprisingly, if you've ever met Corey, or his father) a completely original theme, ingenious menue, and food quality that already has earned a reputation in the small city. Here's to the success of a fellow artist!!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Attempt to travel to Las vegas and Phoenix becomes Oregon art journey...
Escape New York Pizza -by the slice -in the Bur-
nside district became the first subject on my travels. Besides that, experience in Portland, and a few other nice moments, meeting people there, and drawing some dancers,
there were people a-plenty to draw in Eugene, OR and there was the mill located right next to I-5 when passing thru Roseburg, that I decided to treat as a landmark. I had to hold my easel from being blown around while doing the painting -it was probably the fastest painting I ever almost completed on the spot. (I touched up and added a few details the next day in my mobile studio). Besides the wind -it was spitting and finally in the end actually raining -but I was determined I switched painting style, using a large palate knife for almost the whole painting which really simplified my choices and kept things moving right along. A cop showed up to explain that the property adjacent to where I was standing was owned by the people who had a utility trailer dealership there, and the woman had complained so he was glad that I told him I was just about thru, and left satisfied that I would keep my promise. The whole affair took about forty five minutes, at the most from rolling out the paint, and equipment to beginning work on the painting, to slapping the last brushstroke folding up and leaving. It was unusual.
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Escape New York Pizza -by the slice -in the Bur-
PHOENIX RISES painting completed in February 2016, by myself, of the Anacortes, Washington schooner recently rescued and restored in boat haven, Port Townsend, after sinking in the October, 2015 storm.
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