Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 12x12
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
Monday, August 3, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Monday, July 20, 2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Saturday, April 11, 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.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Scattered Showers NYC
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 24x30
Scattered
Showers NYC
Clouds
gather over the East river and rain is falling in the
distance as the lights of New York City glitter in the fading light.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Goddess of Food and Drink
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 12x16
People gather at the bar in one of my favorite restaurants, “Crazy
Waters” in Milwaukee. There is a plaster bust on the wall behind the
bar. I have no idea what it represents or who it might be, but I dubbed
it the Goddess of Food and Drink. The true Goddess of Food is the owner
and chef, Peggy Magister.
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.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Chicago Skyline at Sunset
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 30x40
Chicago Skyline at Sunset
I never tire of painting the Chicago skyline. The lights glitter and shine against a
backdrop silhouette of towering buildings as the sun sets.
Monday, February 9, 2015
A Knight in Shining Armor
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x20
A
Knight in Shining Armor
Our
hero rides through a misty and magical forest on his way to rescue some damsel
in distress. Today’s woman can take care of herself and doesn’t have to rely on
some guy in a tin suit and the horse he rode in on.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Chicago From Above
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 24x30
From
the air the lights of Chicago cast a magical glow skyward as
gathering clouds form a dramatic backdrop. To the east, only the dark waters of
Lake Michigan surge and swirl, seemingly as cold
and black as deep space.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Steampunk War Horse
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 16x20
Steampunk War Horse
A steam powered war horse rears up
over a devastated bombed-out landscape. Steam and smoke escape from the giant
mechanical creature as it stalks the ruins looking for the enemy …if any
survived the clouds of poison gas.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Milwaukee Lakefront
Original painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x20
The Calatrava design of the Milwaukee Art Museum is a spectacular
achievement in beauty and engineering. The Quadracci Pavillion and the
open "wings" of the Burke Brise Soleil face the waters of lake
Michigan and accent the skyline of my favorite city. The city where I was born and raised.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Old Chicago Night
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 30x20
This painting is a re-creation of Chicago
during the Prohibition era. It is a completely imaginary scene but I based it
somewhat on my own research of vintage photos from the time period with plenty
of artistic license. As an impressionistic work, I was primarily interested in
capturing the hustle and bustle of a teeming metropolis from a colorful time in
the past. I enjoyed painting the antique automobiles and streetcar. I purposely
chose a palette of warm brown tones for a vintage look. I also used some
metallic paint sparingly, in both copper and gold, for the very first time. I
liked the effect on this piece and I will use it again where it might enhance a
painting.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Canadian Pacific Holiday Train
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 12x16
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is North
America's longest rolling food bank fundraiser and since it started
in 1999, the program has raised close to $9.5 million and 3.3 million
pounds of food. I’ll be there to watch it arrive in Sturtevant Wisconsin
on December 7th. It’s on the same day as my class Art Show
Reception, but should be able to attend both. What a great way to start the
holiday season!
Carriage Ride in Central Park
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 16x20
Outside the Plaza Hotel and Central Park
in Manhattan you'll find one of New
York City's favorite attractions - Carriage Rides in Central
Park! Carriages, traditionally called "Hansom Cabs", are
fun, romantic and create lasting images and lifelong memories. The horse-drawn
carriage rides have been part of Central Park for more
than a century. I wanted the painting to be somewhat timeless so that it had
that nostalgic feel I was after. There is currently a move by some, and
supported by the Mayor of New York City, to ban carriage rides and replace them
with electric cars. They claim that it is cruel to the horses. The opposing
side says they love their horses and that they are well-fed and cared for
better than many people in New York.
Some say it’s all about the money …could be true.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Art of Refinement
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x20
Art of Refinement
The intricate tangle of pipes, smoke, and glittering lights
are irresistible subjects for my brush. An oil refinery at night is a magical
industrial world of massive technological alchemy that visually dazzles and
amazes me.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Chipmunk Island Trude Lake Wisconsin
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 16x20
Chipmunk Island
When I was young and my son was still a boy, we
camped out on tiny Chipmunk Island on Trude Lake in Northern Wisconsin. We named it after the only other occupant we
encountered besides mosquitoes. I’ve never been much of a camper but this
memory is a good one.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Halloween Shortcut
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 16x20
Halloween Shortcut
Taking a shortcut through the woods on Halloween night after
Trick-or-Treating seemed like a good idea at the time …but now, not so much.
Shadows and moonlight have given the twisted tree stump a sinister and
frightening appearance. Is it just their childish imaginations or is it
something else?
Friday, September 26, 2014
Steampunk Vampire
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 16x12
This Victorian gentleman is no gentleman, or for that matter, even human. This vampire predator prowls the foggy London streets in search of prey and his search has been successful!
Friday, September 19, 2014
First Love
My small travel setup for watercolor
FIRST LOVE
They say you never forget your first love. In art, my first love was watercolor. The wet paper, the uncontrolled movement of the pigment, the fresh crisp immediacy of the process, the delicate washes of pure color ...these are the things I loved. But I didn't love the need to mat, frame and protect the art under glass. We gradually grew apart. Eventually I ended my decade long affair with watercolors and Acrylics became my new love.
Now things have come full circle. A worldwide movement called Urban Sketching has reunited us at last. Small studies painted plein air just for the pure joy of it are what watercolor does best. It's easily portable and everything you need fits in a small kit. A field kit such as the Koi model shown here comes with 24 half pans and a slick waterbrush that eliminates the need for a water container. Yes, watercolor and I are back together at last and we make art together everyday! Acrylics are still my True Love, but my first love is back to stay!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Steampunk Jack
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x12
Steampunk Jack
A tip of the top hat to Jack the ripper in this Steampunk version of London’s serial killer. Wait until he runs into the two steampunk girls in the Whitechapel alley, the outcome will be a whole lot different.
A tip of the top hat to Jack the ripper in this Steampunk version of London’s serial killer. Wait until he runs into the two steampunk girls in the Whitechapel alley, the outcome will be a whole lot different.
I went to the Bristol Renaissance Fair on the Steampunk
weekend and saw this character in the crowd. He stood out (and above) most of
the others. He gave me permission to snap a photo and my imagination supplied
the rest.
Steampunk Girls
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x12
Steampunk Girls
This painting is a companion piece to Steampunk Jack. While
killing prostitutes in the Whitechapel district was his specialty, Jack is
about to meet his match in this East London alley.
That’s not Jack in the doorway, that’s just their business manager.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Airship Armada
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 24x30
Hear the raucous cries of he seagulls echo above the beach as the
waves wash upon the sand. Airships sail in stately procession across the
sky towards the sinking sun. A Victorian lady follows the flight of the
royal warships, the flying navy of her country.I placed the line of sight above the horizon so the viewer could feel as though they were on the deck of an airship too!
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Wisconsin Dells Fantasy
Original Painting - Acrylic on canvas 16x20
Wisconsin Dells Fantasy
The Wisconsin Dells is a scenic area, with glacially formed
gorges that feature striking sandstone formations along the banks of the Wisconsin
River. In 1856, tourists began taking boat tours of the Wisconsin
Dells. These tours were given using wooden rowboats until 1873 when the first
steamboat was used.
I used my imagination combined with research to create a
whimsical scene of a steam powered paddle boat passing between rock formations
that I transformed into primitive tenements (think Flintstones). When I took
the boat tour as a kid I imagined living on top of the rocks in my tent and sitting
by a cozy campfire. The little ducks at the base of the main rock are a tongue-in-cheek
tribute to the Wisconsin Ducks amphibian tour vehicles.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Airship Over the Mountain
Original Painting - Acrylic on Canvas 20x16
Airship Over the Mountain
The airship, “HMS Standish” floats above the towering
mountain peaks in all her Victorian splendor sailing slowly and serenely
towards undiscovered lands beyond on a mission of exploration. Boldly going
where no man, no, wait that’s the starship Enterprise
…never mind.
Umm, did you know that HMS stands for “her or his majesty’s
ship”?
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