Tag: chicago
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Drawing from nature
I’ve have been enjoying gardening and the specific wonders of nature this year. In the context of the confines of this pandemic, I am more aware of the small beauties in nature. There is more time, it seems, to look and notice and contemplate my surroundings. For even as the space I am living in…
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The Invitation
I came back to watch the glowing magenta lift off, hungover with grief and hungry to feel loved.
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The Pilgrimage & The Presence
A poem written as the sun rose over Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago.
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On optimizing my evening commute for speed
Most evenings I walk from my office through downtown Chicago to catch a Metra train home. The walk is 1.1 miles, heading South and West from State and Hubbard to Union Station’s Madison Street entrance. The direction I’m heading cuts diagonally across downtown, which creates a lot of flexibility when it comes to route choice.…
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Flood Reflections at Rutherford-Sayre Park, Chicago
I finished this painting and I’m feeling pretty good about it. The goal was to paint 2 foot square acrylic version of the very small gouache painting I made last year (below), using only the painting as a reference rather than the original photo reference.
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Getting to the home stretch
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Chicago
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Fog at dawn, Chicago
I just love this painting. It really captures the moment, which happened after a downtown Grocer paste-up session before sunrise. I walked down to the harbor and along the lakeshore as the sun came up.
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Logan Square, Chicago
This one is painted from a photo I took off of the back porch at a good friend’s place in Logan Square. It was a beautiful night.