A Visit to Arles

Arles, France.  16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  This painting derives from a visit to Arles many years ago. The colors remind me of someone.  I started the painting three years ago and was waiting for a rainy day to finish it.

A Gaze Upon the Seine

Pont du Carrousel, Paris.  11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.   A memory painting from our last visit to Paris.

People in a Plaza

Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela.  12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. I wanted to see how this would turn out: a painting of a crowd of people in a plaza in front of a big church, so I painted it.

Barcelona Postcard

 Barcelona.  12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A larger postcard.

Brooklyn in North Adams

Brooklyn Street, North Adams, MA.  18x24 inches, oil on panel.  A painting I made seven years ago, which I just re-touched a little today to fix a detail that always bothered me. 

Still Playing

Portico, Nice. 8x10 inches, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink on Bristol paper.  I'm still playing with different ways of marking a piece of paper.  This one is inspired by a Ken Howard drawing from his book Inspired by Light: A Personal View

Fourth Avenue

Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn.  12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A memory of a view north near Garfield Place.

Brooklyn Pissarro

Union Street Bridge, Brooklyn. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  This view reminds me of paintings by Camille Pissarro.

 

Brooklyn Street Corner

Union and Nevins, Brooklyn. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  After a brief interlude in Paris (see previous post), I'm back to a memory of a Brooklyn street corner.

Pont Royal

 Pont Royal, Paris.  12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.   

The Open Door

 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas. Late afternoon memory.

Looking Left

Corner Crossing, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  After a brief shower at Franklin and Sterling Place.

A Late Afternoon

St. Mark's Place, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A late November afternoon memory of the sun shining.

Grand and Colorful

Grand Avenue, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  Between Dean and Bergen is this colorful auto repair site.  

Grand Brooklyn Cubist

Grand Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  This cubist view is a memory.  All has changed.

Dean at Classon

Dean at Classon, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas. Every street corner is a natural composition.

Shuttle Bridge Memory

 Shuttle Bridge, St. Marks Place, Brooklyn.  16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A revised memory.

Late Day Dean Street

 Dean Street, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  A view late in the afternoon.

Atlantic Avenue

The Open Trunk, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  

Variation on a Sidewalk

Dean Street Near Classon, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  A Brooklyn tradition: parking on the sidewalk.  This series could be called "variations on a sidewalk."