Showing posts with label Thomas Ave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Ave. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
#75 - South Thomas Ave. & West Franklin Ave.
South Thomas Ave. & West Franklin Ave. - 8x10 oil on panel.
I've made it three quarters of the way! I even had time to get a few ahead last month.
This one is in the Kenwood neighborhood (if I'm wrong, please let me know).
I was out with my friend Mister FatCat again last month, looking for an interesting alley in the area.
We set out that morning with a specific site in mind, but when we returned to it that morning it was really
a driveway to parking for some apartments. So, we went looking for another and found a couple interesting
spots. One was good enough that we started to set up....and then I called it off. Sometimes you get a feeling that it's not going to work out. Thankfully I got that feeling before we started and not two hours into it.
I was being picky, but wanted to take one last try at finding something interesting before it got too late (we had already spent a couple hours out looking) and had to resign ourselves to plan b. Around the corner and two blocks down we found this one.
It was nice to stumble into this - the sign said dead end alley, it's unpaved, and the light/shadows were good. We set up and went at it! Mostly painted on site, but I made a few adjustments to the next day at home.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
#66 - 39th & Thomas Ave. S.
#66 - 39th & Thomas Ave. S.
11"x14" oil on panel (sold)
I've always liked this alley. The orange sign says "dead end alley".
I drive by it once in a while and it always catches my eye.
This neighborhood (Linden Hills) has a lot of hills and valleys, making for some interesting alleys.
I'm at number 66 - two-thirds of the way!
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