Streets of Phila....
I made a last minute trip to Philly this week. I’ve been trying to find time when I could get down here for a couple of days, and when the weather would hold up for me. Things finally came together and I got my stuff together and drove right on down here. I’ve spent the last few days painting all day. Sunday I found some fun new spots to work on Broad St. And then also saw some nice scenes by China town on my walk home from Broad. And yesterday I did some painting in the Italian Market on 9th st. in south Philly. Then looked for some new places to work between there and old city. I’m pretty excited about some of these new paintings. I’m doing more work on linen panels, for the ease of getting wet paintings around, and it’s working out well. This morning I was working on a rooftop scene, but I got rained on a bit near the end so I decided to pack it up and take a break. After getting some lunch in, I’ll hit the streets and go walking around with some smaller panels to see what I can get done.
On my way down here I stopped into LL Bean in Freeport, looking for a more comfortable bag to haul everything around in. I found a nice camping bag that is working out really well. It’s a big enough bag that everything fits inside, and with the belt-strap buckled, alot of the wait ends up on my hips instead of my shoulders, so it’s fairly comfortable, considering how much I’m carrying around. My back is still a littel sore at teh end of the day of painting, but part of that is from these marathon days of standing in front of the easel, and part is from carrying the bag. Either way, it’s a big improvement over my old system.
The painting above is one I did last year on a trip to Philly. That was done on the Ben Franklin Bridge looking out over 2nd St. It was a fun challenge to paint, and is kind of similar in some ways, to the painting I worked on all morning.
Well, I just saw the sun peak out, so I better get back outside!
Posted on Tuesday May 12, 2009 | 3 Comments
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Sounds great Colin. Can’t wait to see them.
I am looking to take my paintings in this direction. The spacial quality of this painting is so effective. Looking closely, the value pattern and color shifts are fantastic.
This is a masterpiece.
Again. WOW!