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.
Monday, May 05, 2008
"Skyway Commute"
Monday, April 28, 2008
"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.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
'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.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
"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.



