Sunday, December 11, 2011

North Point Lighthouse, Milwaukee, WI

It started as a pre-rainy autumn day paddle on the Milwaukee River. It was too "warm" not to be outside on a fall day in Wisconsin. After the test of arm strength carrying the kayak farther from and to the car than I put miles into paddling, I headed towards the lakefront to take a few more photos. I stopped at Lake Park and admired the view of the lighthouse from the leaf-covered ground. Snapped a few reference pictures and made it back into the car just before the sky opened up.

A month or two passed and it was time to paint live again, this time for the Young Milwaukee Holiday Gala. Going through my photos I came across the day I went paddling and decided it was time to put it on canvas. The background started out black, rough outlines penciled in, and the negative-space painting began. 3 hours in to it I realized I wasn't going to finish it during the event. A few more hours the following weekend and the painting is complete. Hope everyone who watched me paint enjoyed the evening, and to those of you who wanted to see the finished product, here it is.

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  1. H WDecember 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    Thanks for sharing! I was eager to see the final painting! I love it! Lake Park is one if my favorite places in Milwaukee.

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  2. Alicia CJanuary 16, 2012 at 3:54 PM

    what a great scene that is - the fun part of plein air is how it becomes almost 'performance art', in a sense - it becomes about the experience of painting upon a stage of sorts with an audience, thus so much more than what actually ends up on canvas.

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