Hello Art Buddies!
Great to be back at MFA!
Also great to be back posting some of my art!
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| Pencil Sketch Of East Boston Triple Decker |
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| Pen and Ink East Boston Triple Decker |
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| East Boston Triple Decker Unfinished Acrylic Canvas 20" x 30" This is the beginning of another of my many versions of this East Boston Triple Decker! I posted a photo of the first of this series some time ago. Titled it "Last One Standing!" While at MFA I am painting this scene two ways at the same time. This first one is going to be more of a wild and spontaneous version. The photo of the one below may turn out to be a bit more representational and serious?! |
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| Working on this piece with a rough sketch underneath. I seldom, if ever, do a sketch on the canvas. Thought I would work a bit differently. Both paintings are in their very early stages! Let's see what happens! Acrylic Canvas 20" x 30" |
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| Also in progress. "Love That Dirty Water!" Acrylic Canvas 12" x 14" When we were younger on hot summer days in East Boston we would swim at the local piers. I am very excited about finishing this piece. Evokes many great memories growing up in the city! |
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| Love Autumn! Foliage is just starting to change. Field near my home. |
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| Another early Autumn scene from Middleboro ,Massachusetts, USA! Fall could be my favorite season! (However I am looking forward to snow this winter!) |
I also love Autumn. You are a very talented artist.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda! So very nice to have a fellow Autumn Lover comment on my work! I very much appreciate you taking the time to visit and write that you thought I am talented! Thank you very much Linda!
DeleteTake care!
Michael
great to see that you are back. Love your wonderful sketches and paintings in progress! You live in a wonderful part of the country!
ReplyDeleteHello Celeste! It is great to be back! I am happy that you are glad I am back! Thanks buddy! I am happy you like my work Celeste! Thank you! I am very lucky to live in New England! I so love everything about my little corner of the planet!
DeleteThanks for so much Celeste!
Michael
Welcome back, you have been missed, Michael! It is great to see your works in various stages. The pier painting is looking beautiful, I love the composition!
ReplyDeleteAutumn is beautiful in your area, I can see why you love it as much as you do! Take care
Hello Celia! Thank you for the so very nice "Welcome back!" So very nice to be missed! Thank you for writing and being so kind! I am thrilled that you like my art! Makes me so very happy to get positive comments! I am planning on finishing the pier painting soon. I am glad you like it so far!
DeleteI so love all the seasons but I may have to admit to myself and the world that fall is my favorite! However I am looking forward to a snowy winter!!! Then beautiful flowers in the spring! And then the warmth of summer!!
You take care of yourself Celia!
Michael Who Loves All The Seasons!
While away you did paint! I love the triple decker ink sketch. It has such character, it's no wonder why you are fascinated by it. That bridge photo too is a painting waiting for your hand. The swim painting is also intriguing. Michael, you have really not been away at all. Your energy is contagious!
ReplyDeleteHello Linda!
DeleteThank you so much for visiting me buddy! Also thank you for writing very kind comments! I so love hearing from you and all my other art buddies! Always makes my day! I am thrilled that you like my work! We are so very lucky to be artists and have this art blog to share our work and so much more with each other! I am in awe and so very moved that you wrote about my energy being contagious! Thank you Linda! So very, very kind of you! Take care of yourself and your wonderful family Linda! Happy belated holidays!
Michael
Michael...I love all of these but I really love your pen and ink East Boston Triple Decker and "Love that dirty water"...(I can't wait for the finished painting!...hope you post it) and that beautiful Autumn scene from Middleboro is so amazing and hope to see that one as a painting someday!! Welcome back, my friend...you've been missed!
ReplyDeleteHello Hilda! I am so glad I am making time to blog and get back to all the very nice artists, like you! I am so very, very happy to get wonderful comments on my work. Thank you for visiting my little blog and always writing very kind words. I am glad you like my art Hilda! Thank you!I I plan on finishing the youngsters swimming in Boston Harbor soon! I am so happy that you care! Thanks again!
DeleteWow! It is so very humbling to be missed! Thank you Hilda! Never ever could have dreamed that keeping an art blog would have me making so many wonderful friends! Like you! Nice feeling! Thanks buddy!
Take care Hilda!
Michael
great that you're back posting again, and wow you have a lot you're working on...all looking very exciting! Welcome back!
ReplyDeleteHello Sally! So good to be back! Thanks for writing that is great that I am back posting! So very kind! I am glad you like all my works in progress. Now to get them finished! Thank you Sally for a wonderful "Welcome back!"
DeleteYou keep on making great art!
Michael
I've been off traveling for a while, and am finally home and able to post and check blogs again. Glad you are back posting something new and something in the works. I like the idea of doing the same subject different ways at the same time. I just love the kids jumping off the pier...super!!! I am slowly posting my work from my trip and I hope you stop in to see.
ReplyDeleteHello Joan! You certainly have been traveling! I so love all your beautiful sketches! You are so very, very talented Joan! Your fantastic sketches always make me happy and allow me to share all your great painting adventures! Thanks buddy! I am glad you like doing the same subject more than once. It makes me think of Monet and his off the charts wonderful water lilies! I am happy you like the boys swimming in the harbor. Plan on finishing soon! I very much enjoy checking out your blog and so love your sketches and trip photos! Thanks for so much Joan!
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Michael
So nice to visit your blog and see such inspiring work, Michael! So funny that 3 story Boston buildings are called Triple Deckers - I never heard that before! Love your pen and ink sketches - they seem so spontaneous and lively. Can't wait to see how the two different painting approaches to a single subject will turn out! And "Love That Dirty Water" has your signature vitality and electrified energy! How nice that you are back at the MFA - I know how much you love the classes there! Happy Autumn to you - it is also my favorite time of year and I am loving the changing leaves and crisp nights!
ReplyDeleteSo very nice that you did visit my little blog! Thank you so much Susan! Always happy to see your name come up on the comment screen! I am thrilled that you like my work. Means so much to me! I am glad you got a kick out of our "triple deckers" aka "three deckers"! Your comments always make me smile. I so appreciate you taking the time to write. Thanks Susan! Your wonderful comments always make my day! Keeps me going! I am glad you also like the autumn! Just today, on a car ride with a friend, we both were "ooing" and "ahhing" at the so off the chart colorful foliage! I sometimes can't get over how so very, very beautiful the fall season is! Even in the rain! Then next up is beautiful snowy winter! Life can be so good!
DeleteTake care Susan! Love your rocking art! So very good!
Michael
Michael, I love the drawings, so much character to them and they certainly stand on their own! More of these please!
ReplyDeleteAnd great to see you putting them to paint. I am anxious to see the finish.
Your painting in progress "Love That Dirty Water!" brings to mind the George Bellows painting of the same subject, "Forty Two Kids", very cool to have these memories from your childhood!
I know we both share a love for the Ashcan School.
You must bring this one to a finish!
Love the clever title from the song! Ironically, a California rock band singing about Boston water and beloved by you Bostonians!
Keep painting...
Your Angelino Blogger Buddy
Hey Buddy! Great to hear from you David! I am so happy you like my sketches. I am not one to draw much. Not sure why! These two were so much fun! I am glad you like the "character" in the works. I do so love the Ashcan school of art! Best cityscapes ever!
ReplyDeleteIt is odd that California rock band sang the original version of Dirty Water!!! Now it is a huge anthem in Massachusetts. The "Drop Kick Murphy's" have sort of an "Irish Punk Rock" version that is very cool!!
I so enjoy having you, and so many others, as art buddies! Thanks David!
Take care!
Your Loving Every Second Of This So Very, Very Beautiful Autumn Season In New England! "So Good! So Good!"
Michael Ashcan?
What a wonderful post Michael, sorry I've taken so long to comment on it! Your pencil and ink sketches are fantastic as are your paintings - be careful though - sketching can become addictive! I love the different versions of your triple decker as well as your WIP. You have really captured the exuberance of youth and I can imagine how much fun you had there as a child. As usual I love seeing my favourite Boston statue - I hope to sketch it in situ one of these years! Your fall photos are stunning! The colours are lovey and the settings so picturesque. Is that bridge near where you live?
ReplyDeleteYour Understanding Entirely Why You Love Autumn So Much Art Buddy!
Wendy