Oil Painting
16 x 20 inches
A scene in the old part of San Antonio, Texas. Last week I tried a different method of painting. Usually I start a painting and don't stop til I'm done. Last week I started several paintings and then went back over the next few days and finished each one. My reason for doing this was to give myself more time to look at the paintings in the early stage and make sure the layout of shapes was good. (few things in painting are worse than realizing you've laid a lot of beautiful paint into a bad composition). I think the effort worked, though it's too early to tell if I'll keep working this way. The above painting is one of that series. I wish I had thought to photograph it right after I had blocked it in, so I could illustrate this point.

Oil Painting 20 x 16 inches a summer scene in Chicago

Oil Painting 18 x 14 inches A scene in the far south of France

Oil Painting
24 x 18 inches
a cafe in the far south of France, just north of the Pyrenees and the Spanish border. I don't think I've ever painted a scene with this much pink in it, but in this case it seemed like a good idea.

Oil Painting
18 x 14 inches
In the US Library of Congress.

A great interior space, and since it is full of architectural ornament, a space which tests the artist's ability to simplify what the scene presents. I really enjoyed painting this.

Oil Painting
16x20 inches
An evening scene at an elevated-train station in Chicago. There are two things that interested me in this scene...one was the group of figures on the train platform, and the other was the shapes of light between the figures and other shapes of the train station. I generally look for these "negative shapes", but more than usual in this silhouetted scene.

Oil Painting
18 x 14 inches
A rainy autumn day along Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC