Spit and Spat, Congress Park repair

Back in 1999 I was fortunate to be able to be invited in the pit while Matthew Hanlon and his crew was repairing these beautiful statues. I photographed to my hearts content...(well...ONE roll of film!) Spit and Spat repair. oil on panel 18"x28.5" signed wheaton 2001 "The Sconce" $150.00 continental USA only c 2008 RjWheatonJr Click the kitty for my paintings! Robert J. Wheaton Jr. www.auntiasbestos.com

Saratoga Arms, Broadway painting progress

The next layer to fine tune the proportions and to start to introduce color. Here's where I will start to go back and forth between the light and dark contrasts after each drying. "Saratoga Arms" c 2008 Click the kitty to get home Robert J. Wheaton Jr. www.auntiasbestos.com

SARATOGA ARMS painting start

Tonites project.... A victorian style motel/hotel on broadway. This is actually quite fun! Paint while you blog :) "Saratoga Arms" c 2008 Click the kitty for my paintings! Robert J. Wheaton Jr. www.auntiasbestos.com

Hall of Springs painting

Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, NY. 17"x30" "HALL OF SPRINGS" $150.00 continental USA only c 2008 Click the kitty for my paintings! Robert J. Wheaton Jr. www.auntiasbestos.com

East Broadway ...Painting

Progress! "East Broadway" c RjWheatonJr 2008 Click the kitty for my paintings! Robert J. Wheaton Jr. www.auntiasbestos.com

City Hall Saratoga painting

City Hall painting. Part of my Broadway series. In fact this is the first in the series. There are a few choice buildings that I chose to paint individually and the rest I painted in panaramic "city blocks", like the one posted below. The Adelphi Hotel and the Arcade building are a couple others that are completed as individuals.

My first Blog sale! Perhaps a little late for Christmas! Oil on canvas, nicely framed at Soave Faire.

Available here direct from me, the artist, pay secure through googles checkout button.
$350.00
continental U.S. only
framed size: 14" x 20"



"CITY HALL"

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East Broadway painting progress

Details, details and more details! I had a short day at work today so here's a bonus post. I just about have all of Broadway in various stages of completeness...Now its the... DETAILS!! "East Broadway" c 2008 Click the kitty for my paintings! Robert J. Wheaton Jr. www.auntiasbestos.com

Featured Artist, Dave Papa

One of Soave Faire's many original artists on display in their gallery upstairs!

"Dave Papa is a premier equine artist living in Saratoga Springs. His art is sold internationally and commercially, and his original oils are in many prominent private collections."

Daves paintings are great, I like the ones that have the background muted as though looking through a camera with a tite aperature depth-of field...very nice!

Over this past summer he spent many days outside of Soave Faire painting horses and has amassed quite a collection of horse painting, very reasonably priced I might add...



DAVE PAPA
(click images for more of Daves art)

PETS

PORTRAITS

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Mondays ACEO

Mondays projects: 1st and foremost, a few beers :)...

I'll work on the Collamer building painting...

AND
These little jewels! My ACEOs (art cards: editions/originals)



"The Four Seasons"

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Soave Faire revamped

Well stocked and stacked!!!

Art dept. has settled into its final resting place...much more open and products are more appropriately grouped with one another.

Many sale items for Christmas thoughout the store!

Upstairs gallery and frame shop looks wonderfull!

We all have been very busy preparing for the coming holidays and the new year!!



Soave Faire

Art window

Hat window

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Soave Faire

MAJOR changes at our local art supply store, Soave Faire.
Art department has gone through a BIG overhaul, a lot more open looking, more inviting!

I'm sure with the space gained through this move we will see easels displayed and a sale area for discontinued items.

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It's Monday Nite ;-/

(cool feature of this blog format is I can edit this post....which means....
what does it mean?!....
Well, ...I can come back later and show the progress of this ACEO....)

A little STEAMFUNK for Monday nite:

Steamduck punk

Duckpunk Steam

Steampunk Duck

"STEAMDUCK PUNK"

ATC "Whats in your hand?"

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Tuesdays painting

A trompe l'oeil effect, I'll work on this this evening...



"Looking Out on Broadway"

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YADDO Gardens Four Seasons

The set

My surreal take of the statues in YADDO Gardens.

These are about half way through being completed.



The Four Seasons

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1st LOT of ACEOs

ACEOs, ATCs
My first set...

Pretty coool!

-"STEAMPUNK ??"- -"Wine Glasses"- -"Autumn"- Not a bad start, I guess! ;-/

STEAMPUNK ACEOs

ACEOs cut into their individual pieces...

These are just a bit tacky to touch, I'll have to wait till they are good and dry before I can continue with the next layer.

STEAMPUNK ??

ACEO "The Wine Glasses"

The Wine Glasses

So much for the "STEAMPUNK" idea for this set!

I'll Steampunk the gridded set....maybe...honestly...


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DETAILS

ACEO ...Background

ACEO Set...10/15

Just about the last of the background...

ACEO ....

The photos below are a little lighter than the actual paintings, so hopefully my photography will get better as I go along...

These particular cards will look pretty interesting once they are cut to their appropriate size!!

Collamer painting ....progress

Collamer ...10/13

Working back and forth between contrasts...

This week 10/12/08

Well, we have the ACEOs I'm working on...

The "Collamer" building...

The ten years in the making "Congress Park" painting.:) !..

Lets see...What else? ...Ya,.. six other broadway paintings...

Are we there yet?!

Closeup ACEO "Steampunk ??"

STEAMPUNK " ? " I can't decide if I want this to be as a set or individuals.... I'm inclined to go with individual pieces....

"ACEO" 1st set

ACEO start A closer look....

Artists Cards: Editions and Originals

Artist Trading Cards? "Artists Cards: Editions and Originals" I guess this is more of what these are.... (Where have I been for ten years!)

ACEO Well.... hmmmmm.... I suppose Well,.... looks OK