Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 36x36
Showing posts with label city rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label city rain. Show all posts
Monday, May 14, 2018
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Monday, December 5, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Monday, October 3, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016
Friday, January 8, 2016
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Friday, April 10, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Rain On The Windshield
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 24x30
This piece is moving towards a blend of realism and abstraction that best expresses who I am as an artist.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Keep the Motor Running
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 20x16
Keep
the Motor Running
The
LaSalle sedan idles in the alley as a mobster calls on a rival bootlegger. The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the Chicago typewriter) held at his side was referred
to as the "gun that made the twenties roar”. Along with the rumble of
thunder and flashes of lightening, it will soon be raining bullets.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Rainy Night Blues
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 20x16
A summer thunderstorm drenches the city and isolates the
pedestrians under awnings and umbrellas to escape the downpour. Car tires swish
through puddles on the wet pavement as the rain beats a steady tattoo on the
city streets. The distant rumble of thunder joins the rumble of traffic and
bright downtown lights challenge the sporadic flashes of lightning illuminating
the dark sky above.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Minneapolis Rain
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 12x16
The reflections of bright red tail lights on the wet pavement against the subdued background of the rain-washed city are the main elements that drew me to this scene. My daughter, Gina Tuchel, provided the reference photos from her recent visit to Minneapolis. The geometric abstract patterns of light and dark always intrigue me and who could resist the bright red glow of the brake lights? ...not me.
Friday, May 9, 2014
The Enchanted Voyage
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 20x16
“Mr. Pecket built a
sailboat in his backyard. It would never stay afloat for it was built of
fantasy, irony and humaneness. One night Mr. Pecket did experience his
"Enchanted Voyage", and only then did he discover what life is truly
about.
A MAN
AND HIS IMPOSSIBLE DREAM...
The
man, who lived in a very practical little house in the Bronx with his very practical
little wife, was very unhappy -- except when he puttered around in his
backyard, lost in his dreams. His wife had very little sympathy with his
preoccupation...
Then
one day his dream began to come true and he found himself sailing far away from
home in search of...who could guess?
Maybe freedom, maybe adventure, maybe even true love...” (From the back cover)
Maybe freedom, maybe adventure, maybe even true love...” (From the back cover)
I read this small book, by
Robert Nathan ©1936, as a young man in my twenties and re-read the story on my
Kindle recently. It struck a chord with me back then and still does today. It’s
about hope and yearning and the freedom to live your dreams. It is essentially
a “Road Trip” saga of a man sailing away from his dull and unhappy existence on
his sailboat, the Sarah Pecket. The homemade boat with wheels attached and Mr.
Pecket on board, is launched down the city street by a sudden storm. Later two
other people, a lonely waitress and an unemployed dentist, come along for the
adventure. It’s a quirky adult fairytale.
Monday, April 14, 2014
A Rainy Night in Milwaukee
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 12x16
A sudden Spring downpour drenches the city streets as people hurry to
find a dry place to escape the cold rain. Traffic slows to a crawl as
the driving rain drums on the car roofs and reduces visibility. Gutters
become rivers and thunder grumbles and then booms like distant canon
fire. It’s a wet April night in Milwaukee!
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