Showing posts with label john hancock center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john hancock center. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Chicago Fog

Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 24x30
The fog rolls in from lake Michigan and covers the lower parts of the city while the tallest skyscrapers hold their heads above the swirling blanket. But the poet Carl Sandburg - Chicago Poems 1916, said it best;

Fog

The Fog comes
On little cat feet.

It sits looking
Over harbor and city
On silent haunches
And then moves on.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Chicago Moon

Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 30x40
A full moon over Chicago with the John Hancock Center in the foreground was a challenge and a learning experience. The moon was added midway through the painting and it controlled the painting from that point on. The sparkle and glitter of the city at night plus the moody sky combined for a dramatic show. Sometimes a painting lets you know what it needs if you just look and ask ...what if ? I'm glad I did. city scenes prints