Vincent Thomas Bridge at 6 x 6

"Vincent Thomas Bridge #2"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2011
6" x 6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm)

Here is a second painting that will be in the 6" squared exhibition and sale at the Randy Higbee gallery April 16th. For more info see my previous post below.

From my Vincent Thomas Bridge series.

Here’s a view of the bridge from below the roadway looking west toward the towers, the far tower barely visible behind the scaffolding being erected on the near one. It takes about six months just to wrap a tower for painting, first in scaffolding from the ground up, then wrapped in a white tarp to contain the work. The maintenance of the bridge is a constant job, never finished. This series will show not only the grandeur of the bridge itself but also serve as a tribute to those who maintain and keep it beautiful.110

Click on image for larger view

6" Squared Show - Randy Higbee Gallery

Click here and here for previous posts on this show.

Click on images for larger view

Bird Sketches

each-pencil on paper, 2011
4.5" x 5" (11.43cm x 12.7cm) "Small Bird Dark Background", top.
For Sale at Daily Paintworks, CLICK HERE

5.5" x 4.5" (13.97cm x 11.43cm) two birds unframed


Here's a couple more quick little bird sketches.
Framing as always, is best done by professionals. I'm ok at it but these people do it everyday and have a far better eye for it.
The frame was selected by an interior designer and one of the staff  at Art and Frame Company in Costa Mesa California (Randy Higbee Gallery).108,109

Graphite frame and gray matte really compliment the simple drawing rather than overpower it.

Click on images for larger view

Last Kiss

"Sunkist Packing Plant (w/ Contrail)"
oil on panel, 2010
8" x 6" (20.32cm x 15.25cm)


A section of the Sunkist Packing Plant in Orange County California, recently shut down and I feared was slated for demolition. Fortunately it looks like it will survive, a local college has begun taking over the site.

It served the citrus industry since 1945, collecting fruit from local farms, processing and packing it for shipment onto trucks. Here, the west side of the plant along the Amtrak rails receives the last kiss of sunlight, the wind raking away at the contrail.107

Click on image for larger view

'Of the Night' 3

"Nocturne-Lucy (Cat)2"
oil on panel, 2010
5" x 7" (12.7cm x 17.78cm)
private collection

The nocturne... it's origin, mid 19th century French from Latin, nocturnus, meaning 'of the night'.

A perfect subject for the nocturne, the cat. Surreptitiously slipping through the hushed night without a sound. Low to the ground, quick light steps with a purpose. It's shadow the only thing to keep pace.

My sister's cat Lucy. I spent what seemed like forever trying to capture the night shot, no tripod, handheld, just clicking away... far more challenging than the daylight, especially a moving subject. I would get the shot but not the action, the action so familiar to us... fleeting, almost unseen.

She finally had enough running around then just sat there watching me, with her curiosity, tilting her head and staring.106

Click for "Nocturne-Lucy (Cat)"
Click on image for larger view

Snowscape

"Burnscape Color Study"   SOLD
watercolor/ink on paper, 2009
12" x 9" (30.48cm x 22.86cm)

This watercolor is from my Burnscape series. Living in southern California and seeing so many wildfires it would be easy to focus on the destruction. My attraction for the burned landscape isn't for it's destruction but instead how it modifies the landscape, turning it into a charcoal terrain... it is rebirth, the stripping away of old layers for a fresh start, the way Mother Nature intended.

The fascinating thing about some burned areas is the white ash from certain types of vegetation. It appears like snow. I sometimes refer to these as California fall or winterscapes. A bit eerie to walk through.

This was a color study done on a sheet of 12" x 9" paper, hence the color test splotches.
Experimenting here with finding that balance between the image looking like a snowscape initially then the realization that it is a burnscape.105

Click on image for larger view

Monoliths

"Oil Plant #8 (w/ Tree)"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2011
6" x 6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm)

This painting was just excepted into the 6" Exhibition and Sale (show) at the Randy Higbee Gallery.
The Gallery reports the show promises to be an even greater success than their December show with twice as many artists entering this one. I don't doubt that, there was some terrific art at the last 6" show.

From my Oil Plant series, it was an oil pumping station. I'm told it collected oil from local wells then pumped it, via underground pipes, to various oil refineries around the South Bay. It looked like it was built in the 1930's, although that's an educated guess. I wish I knew more about it.

Here it is seen from a distance, framed by a dead, leafless (read lifeless), tree. The tanks or towers, I'm not sure of their technical name, remind me of ancient stone monoliths from bygone civilizations, silently standing long after it's inhabitants have left, the structure slowly decaying around it.104

For others in this series click 'OIL PLANT' in labels below this post or in 'LABELS' column at right.

Click on image for larger view

Burnscape

"Burnscape w/ Staircase"   SOLD
watercolor on paper, 2009
9" x 12" (22.86cm x 30.48cm)


This watercolor is from my Burnscape series. Living in southern California and seeing so many wildfires it would be easy to focus on the destruction. My attraction for the burned landscape isn't for it's destruction but instead how it modifies the landscape, turning it into a charcoal terrain... it is rebirth, the stripping away of old layers for a fresh start, the way Mother Nature intended.

Here it exposes a long staircase previously hidden by years of growth, like a bony spine down the hillside. The only life is the green vegetation capping off the top of the hill, protecting the unseen home from being lost.103


Click on image for larger view

Puddles

"Long Beach Cityscape #1"   SOLD
watercolor on paper, 2009
12" x 9" (30.48cm x 22.86cm)
private collection

A Long Beach cityscape looking west at sunset. Recently sold, an experimental watercolor, one not in my usual method. Here I laid down the paint in puddles of color to build the forms and shapes. This allows me to see in terms of color, value and chroma instead of being too concerned with rendering surfaces and textures.
Every so often it's good to practice other means of working. It reminds me to always remember the fundamentals and ends up strengthening my work.
I did do some scrubbing out in areas that were becoming muddy in order to keep the painting fresh and originally planned to bring some areas to a higher degree of finish but decided that unnecessary considering my original intent.102


Click on image for larger view

New Series Teaser

untitled work in progress
watercolor on illus. board
10.75" x 8" (27.305cm x 20.32cm)

Being out sick for  3 weeks has put me a bit behind. With a million things to do... well you know, it happens to us all.
For my 101st posted image, a new series for 2011... a teaser of what's to come (Thanks Bill).
Numbered posts include only images posted for the first time, so this does not count posts with repeated images due to an update or an all text post, photo post, gallery or show announcement.

This will be an extensive series with many images in various media... pencil, graphite, charcoal, watercolor, oil, mixed media. I'm anxious to really get into this one, especially since I've been 'sitting on' this since early November '10 but had other projects to finish up first.
It's one I have been looking forward to for some time.

This series of the Vincent Thomas Bridge will also include some views of the surrounding harbor as seen from the bridge itself even though you may not see the bridge in that image.

Shown uncropped since it is a work in progress. Not the first in this series but representative of the beginning of it (see another here). Starting from the ground up. Apropos I think.
Most of the time I have a pretty good idea of the finished image, but as sometimes happens, I reach a point in the process where I'm not sure what direction to take it... like here... I did at the start but as sometimes also happens that changes midstream, not a bad thing...

So here you go, a little more than half done. I'll post the final image when it's finished.101


*Update - The finished painting here.

Click on image for larger view

Studio Pics

I spent most of February with the flu so I wasn't back in the studio much. I don't get sick but every 3-4 years so when I do get it, it knocks me out.

I'm now back in the studio working hard on commissioned projects, upcoming shows, and other misc work. Here's a couple of pics of my studio and works in progress.

Click on images for larger view

Thank You Followers!

To all of you who have joined/followed my blog so far, Thank you!
My intention was to thank each as you began following but alas I can not figure out how to 'send a message' via Google Friend Connect...

I hope you all enjoy my art and I always welcome your comments.
Been busy, hence the lack of posts lately. That will be changing soon. As I produce work in groups there will be flurries of activity, so stay tuned.

David-

Spring 6" Squared Show

Another exhibition and sale will be held at the Randy Higbee Gallery in Costa Mesa California.
Like the one in December it will feature art all sized at 6" x 6" from artists all over the US and who knows, maybe other countries as well.

I will post a couple teaser 6" x 6" images of my work as the show nears.
The December show was a great success and it was exiting to see so much diverse art in one place, all for sale at affordable prices, so if you can make it I highly recommend attending.

An open call for any and all representational artists, for more info check the two links below.

http://randyhigbeegallery.blogspot.com/
www.Onlinejuriedshows.com

TERMINATED

"Oil Plant Nocturne"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2011
4" x 5" (10.16cm x 12.7cm)
davidteter@att.net

My 100th posted image. Numbered posts include only images posted for the first time, so this does not count posts with repeated images due to an update or an all text post, gallery or show announcement.
I originally planned to feature an image from a new upcoming 2011 series on the Vincent Thomas Bridge as the 100th but upon discovering the recent demise of the oil plant I decided it would finish out the first 100. The new series starting at 101.

Although this nocturne features trees, it is from my Oil Plant series. This building was on the same site as the oil plant and served as the office.
Now shut down, the windows boarded up, the only signs of life are the trees and the lone light needlessly illuminating the parking lot.

I saw this in the day time but turned it into a nocturne, so I needed to figure out or imagine how it would look at night with the light on and other ambient light at the horizon and the left side.
About the time I painted this, I revisited the site and much to my dismay it was gone, the plant razed to the ground (actually a pumping station I recently found out), nothing left but a lot scraped clean and piles of dirt. TERMINATED.

So with that in mind... it's final night.
The power pole, with it's wires, function as a cross much like you would see on a grave site. Although it is usually considered bad design to split compositions in half, sometimes I will do so just to see if I can 'break a rule' and still make it work, a challenge I enjoy. See three others with the same premise here and here and here. In this case I made it work by keeping the dissector, the pole, the same value as the tree so that it did not prominently show the near mid composition split.

Then deciding the distribution and the balancing of the warms and cools; the front of the building cool, the back warm, via the light (which probably wasn't actually working since I doubt there was power to the site). But in making an image, changes can be made to strengthen an idea or composition, so on it went. With the focus on the lower right corner, typically another design no-no, the taller tree was lit by another warm but unseen light source, to set up a diagonal and give it balance.100

Click 'Oil Plant' label below for more from this series
Click on image for larger view

"Chandler's-study #1"

"Chandler's - study #1"
Graphite on paper, 2010
8" x 10" (20.32cm x 25.4cm)
For Sale at Daily Paintworks, CLICK HERE

A study of a cement retaining wall at the backside of a rock quarry. Perhaps one I will turn into a painting at some point. With a couple of commissioned projects in the early stages, so many current series going as well as some new ones planned for 2011... I'll be busy. So as of now I don't know if this will see the light of day in paint, but we'll see.

Vigorously drawn, focusing here on the arrangement of values, referred to as a value comp or sketch.99

Click on image for larger view

*Update
A study of a cement retaining wall at the backside of a rock quarry.
Focusing here on the arrangement of values, referred to as a value comp or sketch but with a bit more information than a thumbnail.


The key to making this otherwise simple subject of concrete wall and railing exciting was to instill some action in an inactive, static image by using vigorously drawn strokes swirling around the center and not being too literal with the depiction of trees and surrounding landscape.

Jackson Hole Wyoming-Horizon Fine Art Gallery

There is tons of snow in Jackson Hole Wyoming. If you are headed there to ski don't forget to stop by Horizon Fine Art Gallery at 30 King Street, it's latest location.

Click here or above for a preview of all the great art featured at the gallery.
With over 70 artists, painters and dimensional, there is plenty to see.

Flycatchers-Sketches

"Eastern Phoebe"
pencil on paper, 2011
5" x 4" (12.7cm x 10.16cm)
NFS

"Eastern Wood-Pewee"
pencil on paper, 2011
3.75" x 3.25" (9.525cm x 8.255cm)
NFS

Here's a couple quick little sketches of flycatchers. Called flycatchers due to there manner of feeding or hunting, perching in one spot then flying out to catch insects out of the air. Both are rather plain or even drab in their color and markings but no less beautiful than more fanciful species. The Eastern Phoebe (top) is a slim flycatcher that perches low along streams. The Eastern Wood-pewee perches high among foliage in forests and is rarely seen.97,98

Click on images for larger view

Update-Previous Post- "Water and Power"

*Most of the time when paintings are done and framed they are out of my hands so I don't get a chance to photograph them framed. Occasionally I do. I've posted a photo of the painting "Water and Power" on the original post 'Concrete Facades' from the May 2010 archives.

Click on 'Concrete Facades' above or the label 'update' below to see original post.

"Figure Study-Hips-Legs"

"Figure Study-Hips-Legs"
oil on panel, 2010
7" x 5" (17.78cm x 12.7cm)
private collection

A quick figure study. My focus here was more a study in paint application than an anatomical study, so an experimental study. When it comes to the figure I am still searching a bit for a 'visual voice' in all it's forms.
I usually prefer to have something to say or represent about the subject. Some kind of impression or response that helps guide decisions or gives me direction when it comes to the elements of art and design. Elements like paint application, value, edges, color etc. as well as the more emotional and conceptual responses. This is one of my goals for 2011... to really start working more with the figure until something begins to emerge, to search out some kind of expression then find a way to articulate it visually.96


Click on image for larger view

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Goodbye 2010...   Hello 2011!
Hope everyone has a great New Year!


Thank you to all who have given me support in 2010! None of us can do it without the help of others and I am fortunate to have so many people involved in my successes. 


Here's to an even bigger and brighter 2011!


David-

Subdued Energy

"Tree Nocturne (19th St.)"
oil on panel, 2010
3.5" x 5" (8.89cm x 12.7cm)
For Sale at Daily Paintworks, CLICK HERE

The nocturne... it's origin, mid 19th century French from Latin, nocturnus, meaning 'of the night'.

My Tree Nocturne Series. I've kept the series compositionally simple, focusing on the tree and usually an unseen light source. This small painting breaks from that slightly.

Here I show the foreground and middle ground source of the street lights with light emanating from the distant LA Harbor. All, the orange sodium lights. This also is a more zoomed back view than previous tree nocturne's, including more of the surrounding landscape. The color saturation is pushed a bit to give the scene more life, the subdued energy of the suburb and urban setting. In contrast to the previous post.95


Click on image for larger view

*Update - previous post original value thumbnail here.

Sleeping Giant

"Industrial Plant Nocturne"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
"3.5 x 5" (8.89cm x 12.7cm)

Gilded a bronze tone by the orange sodium lights from the harbor, light speckled, a cool night.
Although most industry goes 24 hrs a day, this looked to me like a sleeping giant when I saw it.
That impression was all that I needed for this painting. A simple grid composition, horizontal format for rest, very little color. Dark and still.94

Click on image for larger view

Phantom Cloud

"Oil plant #5 (Phantom Cloud)"    SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
8" x 10" (20.32cm x 25.4cm)

I love this view from below the tangle of pipes. Seen late in the day the shadows stretch out and colors deepen.

As I was working on the sky nothing seemed to fit, I then laid in some quick gestural strokes and this phantom shape began to emerge. Recognizing the drama it added and the nice contrast of loosely applied paint to the straight, harder lines, a bit of refining was all that was needed.93

Click on image for larger view

6" Squared Show Award Announcements

The recent 6" Squared Show at the Randy Higbee Gallery was a sight to see, as I mentioned previously. Click here to see that post.

A lot of hard work went into the show and competition by all involved, from the judges to the staff at both Randy Higbee Gallery and Art and Frame Co. I can't imagine preparing and framing over 300 works in such a short time.

The results were announced on the New Randy Higbee Gallery Blog. Link here... Gallery Awards

As you will see, there was/is (show runs till Dec 23rd) so many great paintings, I'm glad I did not have to decide because the quality was superb. Many of my favorites were chosen as award winners, and deservedly so.

Solar Eclipse

"House in Tree's (Eclipse)"    SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
4" x 5" (10.16cm x 17.78cm)

I like the way the house tucks back into the dark mass at this time of day. However, the actual lighting wasn't really going to do much else for the image so a conscious decision was made to alter it in some way without losing that shape of tree's and shadow wrapping around the house.

Other than rain, most other atmospheric conditions like haze, fog, clouds etc., meant using a middle or high key value scale, which I did not want, so I stayed with the deep tones.

The lighting now is very similar to the conditions of a solar eclipse... full sun veiled, giving the painting a slightly eerie cast and supporting the visual of the overshadowed house.92


Click on image for larger view

Crossroads

"Harbor Line #50 Crossing"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
5"x 7" (12.7cm x 17.78cm)

The older #50 from my "Pacific Harbor Line " series. Shown here at a crossroads. Though outdated by technology and being replaced by the newer low emission models, it's still operating.

Placed in the center of the composition, a potentially boring design, but made to work by the dark tree at left and the line of power poles.
The other reason is to place it at the center of a subtle compositional X, formed by tracks, road and cloud shapes, marking it's eventual work stoppage, the sweeping lines of the wires leading the way.

Nostalgic maybe, but not sentimental. A reason I like industrial subjects. They represent hard work, without regret, then step aside for the next generation.91

Click on image for larger view

A Show of Color

"Oil Plant #6 (Two Stacks)"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
6" x 6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm)

This is the fourth of my paintings from the 6" Squared Show, December 4th-23rd, Randy Higbee Gallery.

My Oil Plant series. Here a close-up. The sense of scale in industrial images is not always evident. The two stacks are huge, prominently standing at least 7 or 8 feet tall. Years of service, then years of weather have left them multicolored, glazed in rusty orange and dark chocolate, iced in white, heat tempered in blue, in stark contrast to the more somber wooden structure.

I'm not sure if they were originally painted white or if it is oxidation, but either way all the process' metal goes through, producing bursts of color upon color, is spectacular. The roof too is alive... it's amazing the range of hues found on old metal.

It is usually mother nature who gets credit for such splendor... sometimes we forget to look elsewhere. Dormant while still putting on a show in color.90

Click on image for larger view

RE: 6" Squared Show and Sale

The 6" Squared show at the Randy Higbee Gallery was spectacular. There was so much great art to see, representing a wide, diverse range in styles.

There were artists from all over the country whose work I have long admired but never had the opportunity to see in person until this show. So that was quite exciting. Met several of them too.
There were plenty new discoveries as well.

The show will last until December 23rd, so if you get a chance, go see it. All the artworks are for sale so you might see something you like.

To preview some of the art included in the show go to the gallery's Facebook page. Link here  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Costa-Mesa-CA/Randy-Higbee-Gallery/308898025253

"Dark Rain"

"Dark Rain"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
6" x 6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm)

This is the sister painting from the previous post "Light Rain". Both are the same site and location, different views and included in the 6" Squared Show at the Randy Higbee Gallery in Costa Mesa California.

These buildings are on the same site as my Oil Plant series.

I like this area for it's hodgepodge of cement slabs laid over the years at various angles. By showing a lot of foreground the emphasis is less on the buildings and more on the weather as a subject for the painting.

The dark cloud allows for a more limited, almost monochromatic palette, and with the sun still breaking through, higher contrast values. The rain rolls in with an unrelenting fury, about to pound the landscape. A cold brooding day with only hints of color, the orange cone and yellow poles.89


Click on image for larger view

"Light Rain"

"Light Rain"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
6" x 6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm)

This painting will be in the 6" Squared show this weekend at the Randy Higbee Gallery. It is the sister painting of one titled "Dark Rain" which I will post soon.

These buildings are on the same site as my Oil Plant series.

I like this area for it's hodgepodge of cement slabs laid over the years at various angles. By showing a lot of foreground the emphasis is less on the buildings and more on the weather as a subject for painting.

A light rain kind of day where the clouds streak swiftly across the sky, scattering their rain. The sun breaks, bringing hard shadows, rain washed air and that great mineral smell.88


Click on image for larger view

Stately Presence

"Vincent Thomas Bridge #1"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
6" x 6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm)

Here is one of my paintings that will be included in the 6" Squared Show at the Randy Higbee Gallery Saturday on December 4th - 23rd. See previous post for show info.

This is a great view of the bridge, it's approach gracefully climbing from the right then plummeting sharply over the other side, dropping into fog.

A Sunday, very little traffic, bright sunlight hitting the towers, a neutral grey sky. A more restrained palette with the darkest tones in the bridge, giving it a formal, stately presence.87

Click on image for larger view

6" Squared Show

Click on image for larger view



Here is the announcement for the upcoming sale and exhibition, at the Randy Higbee Gallery Saturday December 4th.

Artists from all over the United States will have up to 4 works each, so there will be a diverse selection of art on display and for sale, including mine.

House of Cards

"Catalina Pacific Concrete (View from North)"    SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
5" x 7" (12.7cm x 17.78cm)

I love this view from the north. It isolates the narrow side of the plant, showing it's skeletal staircase protruding from the front face. The building seems precarious, unstable against the low foreground walls. The leaning power pole and it's threadlike wires further accentuate that perception. It's a house of cards.86

Click on image for larger view

Harbor Line #70 study

"Harbor Line #70 - study #1"
graphite on paper, 2010
8" x 10" (20.32cm x 25.4cm)


My Pacific Harbor Line series. The #70 shown here in the sunlight running parallel to a bridge, the same bridge in my painting "Rails, Bridge, Refinery" from the post 'Clarity'.85

Click on image for larger view

*Update
My Pacific Harbor Line series. I love these black locomotives with their striking graphics. The #70 shown here running parallel to a railway bridge. This gave me a top heavy composition, perfect for the weighty industrial subject. But to prevent it from becoming too crushing I surrounded the locomotive in a softer focused, airy cushion of light.

Nov and Dec shows-Small Works

The two previous posts were from the Small Works Show this past weekend. It was a busy two day event and all the staff at Art and Frame Company and Randy Higbee Gallery did a fantastic job presenting it.

Thank you to everyone who came and showed support to us four artists in the exhibition.

There will be another show there the first weekend in December. Lots of great art and artists, the format is 6" x 6". Stop by if your'e free. This show will feature multiple artists. Link for show,     http://www.onlinejuriedshows.com/

Matrix

"Power Plant Interior #1"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
5" x 7" (12.7cm x 17.78cm )

This painting recently sold at the Small Works Show at the Randy Higbee Gallery.

One of the most fascinating buildings... several stories high... the interior nearly wide open... a matrix of pipes, valves, steel... deep and cavernous.

The light and colors seen here are faithful to the actual site... the walls and pipes painted in these ochres and creams, the floors a mixture of reds and greens, worn and distressed... deep earthy orange reflected light, then the translucent glass filters the outside light... a cool pale yellow.84

See the more recent #2 here and a drawing study here.

Click on image for larger view

Yin and Yang

"Oil Plant #4 (Sunlit Grass)"   SOLD
oil on panel, 2010
6" x 6" (15.24cm x 15.24cm)

This painting was included in the Small Works Show at the Randy Higbee Gallery this weekend.

If it is true that you never feel more alive than when you have had a brush with death, then like death lingering nearby, the dark wooden structure serves to accentuate the burst of light and the live plume of red fountain grass.

Even the old used pipes and valves seem to have new life, seem to be invigorated.

This painting, half dark and half light, is Yin and Yang in it's most basic definition... shade and sun... earth, dark and cold... heaven, heat and light.83


Click on image for larger view

End of the Line?

"Warehouse (w/ Lone Train Car)"
oil on panel, 2010
5" x 7" (12.7cm x 17.78cm)

A warehouse near the LA Harbor. A warm bright day. The old train car sits at the end of the tracks, huddling against the side of the cool toned warehouse, it's skylights like giant ice cubes.

The tracks in the lower right curve away in a different direction, seemingly avoiding the outdated rail relic. Has the train car been forgotten? Is this the end of the line for it?82

Click on image for larger view

Horizon Fine Art Gallery

Two of my watercolors in Jackson Hole Wyoming. Contact Barbara Nowak at Horizon Fine Art Gallery for purchase: horizonfineartgallery.com, email: HORIZONFINEART@WYOMING.COM

Click on images for larger view

Click titles to see original posts

Top        "Refinery, Power Poles, Saw Horse"

Bottom   "San Pedro Plant"

Drawings

"Power Plant Interior-Study #1"

"Figure #3"
pencil on paper, 2010
10" x 8" (25.4cm x 20.32cm)
For Sale at Daily Paintworks, CLICK HERE

"Power Plant Interior-Study #1"
graphite on paper, 2010
8" x 10 " (20.32cm x 25.4cm)
For Sale at Daily Paintworks, CLICK HERE

Here are two of my drawings, a quick sketch and a graphite drawing.8o, 81

Click on images for larger view

*Update
A study from my Power Plant Interior series. Studies like this don't always end up as paintings directly but instead help me get familiar with the subject through drawing.
This one's strength is its diagonal composition, especially the opposing 'u' shaped pipe or duct.
The interior is densely packed & layered, a labyrinth of pipes, ducts, valves, catwalks, mesh, railings, stairs... steel in a concrete cave, deep and cavernous... heavy industry.


See the power plant interior paintings #1here and #2here.