Closed

Closed, oil on gessoed watercolor paper, 6x8"

I continued with another urban scene. I took this photo walking back to the high school where Barrett has orchestra rehearsal, after I had packed up my painting gear.  The day, although beautiful and sunny was too windy to paint, but perfect for photos.  There is a rail yard with turn-of-the-century warehouses near the school, and it's a terrific place for photos.  The painting is one of the first urban landscapes I've done in a while and I'm out of practice. 30 years ago, these are the scenes I painted religiously. Time to hone in again.

Fixin' it Up

Fixin' it Up, oil on gessoed watercolor paper, 6x8"

Every Sunday my daughter Barrett has rehearsal with the Louisville Youth Orchestra. The location of the rehearsal is the high school that my older children attended.  It is situated in the "Old Louisville" historic neighborhood, so there are plenty of places to walk, look and photograph during a three hour period of the day.  Last week, I decided to take my painting gear and venture out, expecting to get about 2 1/2 hours worth of work done. After all, it was a beautiful day.  I set up to paint these beautiful, smaller homes of the typically Victorian neighborhood and within thirty minutes, after basically accomplishing a loose sketch, the wind had gotten the best of me.  I started packing up and was approached by a very nice, curious young man named RJ, who admired my painting and eventually revealed he owned the yellow house.  He said he was doing a lot of work to it, because it had been a "fixer upper" when he bought it.