Hiawatha

And finally we have some new work posted. This is “Hiawatha;” the subject matter is a big old grain warehouse on Hiawatha Ave in Minneapolis MN. Some of these images look like they were uploaded incorrectly but I actually laid this one out upside-down. I’d like to say it was for some great artistic purpose, like working on the right side of the mind by utilizing non-traditional compositional techniques, but what really happened is the paper was a little too large for the board I had it taped to and by the time I laid out my grid I realized the overhang on the paper was on the bottom. When I put it on the easel right-side-up it buckled terribly. I was too impatient to wait to fix it so I worked on in upside-down until I had the underpainting right. I calmed down enough to fix it before I righted it.

This is 24×36 pastel on Wallis sanded pastel paper.