"Skyway Commute"

14" x 18"
Oil on linen

Last week, on a lunch break, I took a walk around downtown Minneapolis. It was raining steadily, not hard, but enough to keep people off the streets and in the skyways.

"Late in the day"

11" x 14"
Oil on panel

This is an area in Minneapolis that is quickly being built back up and underwent the old-warehouse to hip-new-loft conversion that has been happening the past 10 years or so in the warehouse district and along Washington Avenue. That has slowed down considerably as of late, but what's interesting is that a lot of the old structures that existed remain as part of the architecture. Gives some interesting subject matter for painting.

'Shadows Fall on Minneapolis"

12" x 16"
Oil on linen

This is looking down Fifth street in Downtown Minneapolis. It is a photo taken from 15 floors up. I blocked in the shadow immediately and worked the shapes abstractly. Right at the very end I completed the distant buildings and few patches of light and that was it. This one felt like it exploded out of me in a big rush.

"Pine's end overlook"

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

Como park. I will not be happy until I've painted every square inch of this park. First day in a while with sun and most of the snow had melted off at the time of this painting. A day later we received 6" of the white stuff. With little fanfare, I slipped my gloves and woolen hat back into my painting bag.

"Como Park"

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

Como Park late in the day.

"Linwood"

8" x 10"
Oil on panel

Ahhhh....the majesty of spring in Minnesota!