"Summer Evening on a Manhattan Street Corner" (sold)

6"x6"

Oil on Panel

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Somewhere in Manhattan, NY, between 49th and 48th streets!  Wish I could remember just where it was!  What I DO remember, though, is that it was a beautifully magical evening with the sunset, the sounds, the people and all the sights that are so different from my norm.

"Crossing Cambie"

8"x6"

Oil on board

$125 includes s/h

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One afternoon on our trip up to Vancouver BC earlier this month, my husband and I sat in a coffee shop on the corner of Cambie and Broadway just watching people. It was a bright and warm day, so lots of people were out. It was so fun to just keep the camera clicking away. Living in Bend is great, but it's not a city! I really enjoy the diversity when we visit them.

This painting and also the past couple I've posted are done with a limited palette: ultramarine blue, alizaron crimson, alizaron yellow and white. I love that yellow!! It does amazing things compared to what I have used before. It's made by Williamsburg Paints and I purchased it through Jerry's Artarama. It's been a great exercise to be using so few colors. Often while painting with a larger palette, I am not sure if the colors are working together and it seems that using so few produces an automatic harmony.

"The Pink Backpack #2" (sold)

8"x6"

Oil on Board

$100 plus $10 domestic s/h

It was a good experience ot visit this again and try to work more with the composition and to figure out what to do with the color shapes to make up the background. This one feels like it has a better sense of depth and the colors feel a bit cleaner. I decided to leave out the flyer-covered telephone pole on the right this time--I really like it as an element, but it just seemed to distract from the main figure.