South Capitol Street

                                                   "South Capitol Street", 9x12 oil on panel

         Today I completed this small painting that I had started earlier this week.  It is on of my "from the road" paintings which is what I call those paintings that are inspired by what I see while being a passenger in the car.  I took a quick photo with my i phone and did a rapid fire scribble in my 4x6 sketchbook before the light turned red.  I find it is great fun.  There is no other way I could create this image.  The sky was so wonderful that late afternoon and I loved the fact that the Capitol building was not center stage but rather part of the backdrop.  Road work was being done on the crosstreet and I was tempted to do this in a wider format to include some of that on the right.  Instead I opted to just include one of the workers in his safety vest.  I think his job was to make sure drivers took care when making a right turn.  The red on the commercial building was another asset helping to make this a colorful scene. 

        Here is my quick sketch.  You can see from my notes that I had planned on doing this as a 16x20 but with the upcoming small works shows in mind I decided on 9x12 instead.  This one will be heading to American Painting Gallery on MacArthur Boulevard in November.
        I know there are typos here but I continue to be unable to backtrack and make corrections so you will have to read this in the raw:)  I have found a way to work around the problems with the site so I can continue posting but it is not the way I would like it to be!