Umbers and Ochres on the Road

A lot of what you see from the train window is other people going places in trucks and cars. Sometimes their color combinations are a joy to behold.

Umbers and Ochres on the Road

6" x 8"

oil on canvas board

 

 Although I am not an enthusiastic traveler, I do enjoy a good train ride and since some of my children and grandchildren live in Brooklyn I have often taken the train from Philly to Manhattan.  What I like about the train is the soothing rat- a -tat -tat of the wheels over the tracks and watching the world go by out of the generous windows.  

A couple of years back I began taking pictures out the window and painting them when I got home.  So as a change of pace I will be posting these paintings.  I plan to make a book of these creations.  If you recognize any places let me know.  If you want to take some shots yourself and send them to me I will paint them if I they strike my fancy.  So we can make the book together.

This painting was done close to home.  I think it may be pulling into 30th Street Station.  Not sure if I still have it but if you are interested in it, I will let you know as I go through everything.  I think it is 6" x 8" on canvas board.

Pen and Ink with Water Color

 After coming across the couple of pen and ink and water color pieces from the old days I decided to see if I could rescue some of the pieces I have been doing lately that just don't seem to make the grade.  I think the pen and ink does make a big difference and it is also fun to do.

They all try to capture some of spritely feeling of Forsythia and the sweet freshness of spring.

FORSYTHIA #1

10' x 14"

FORSYTHIA #2

10" x 14"

FORSYTHIA #3

10" x 14"

And the last one of the Forsythia at St. Joe's that used to be untrimmed in the fall.

FORSYTHIA #4

10" x 14"

Let me know which one you prefer and if you want it, it is yours.

ALLIUM

While going through the pile of work I am to sort through and possibly move to the basement, I found water colors with pen and ink.  I had forgotten about them and that particular way of adding a bit of form to water colors.  Here they are one of Allium, which is just beginning to shoot up in our garden and one of yellow tulips now fading away.

ALLIUM

10" x 14"

pen and ink and water color

YELLOW TULIPS

8.5" x 11"

pen and ink and water color

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SHOES

 This is a water color from many years ago when we took a trip to visit our son and daughter in law in Venice Beach California.  We had a wonderful time and for some reason these shoes in the sun say it all.

SHOES 

water color

9" x 12"

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weeping cherry over the years

 Here is a short video of the Weeping Cherry over the years.

         

WEEPING CHERRY #6, FADING AWAY

 The Katsura (in the foreground) is coming into its own now and the cherry is fading away and will be weeping green for the rest of the season.

WEEPING CHERRY #6, Fading Away, oil on canvas board 6" x 8"

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WEEPING CHERRY #5. EARLY MORNING IN APRIL

 Today is my Mom's Birthday. I miss her and my Weeping Cherry planted in her memory. There are other Weeping Cherries but only one Mom.

EARLY MORNING IN APRIL, WEEPING CHERRY #5, 

6" x 9" oil on canvas board.

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WEEPING CHERRY #4

 Right now the blue veronica is blooming in the lawn and the cherry trees in the neighborhood are in full bloom so this painting was probably painted on my Mom's birthday April 15th.

WEEPING CHERRY #4

        12" x 12"

oil on canvas

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WEEPING CHERRY #3

 Get our your hankies again, although this Weeping Cherry looks pretty sprightly, before long it will be dropping its petals and reverting to green, still down but not shedding tears.

WEEPING CHERRY #3

oil on stretched canvas

12"" x 12"

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inset WEEPING CHERRY

Weeping Cherry #1 and #2

 This week is Weeping Cherry week so get out your hankies.

Here is the first and second in a very long series.  There are more but this is all I could find so far. I tried to post them in the order that they were created but they are not all dated.  The size tells me something but not necessarily as I adjust to fit the composition.  The Cherry blooms just as the Katsura is beginning to leaf out and is a butterscotch color.  The combination is thrilling after winter's gray.

WEEPING CHERRY #1

8.5" x 11" framed oil on canvas board

WEEPING CHERRY #2

12" x 12"

oil on stretched canvas

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