I've been obsessed with this one tree on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, not far from the lovely Fisher Fine Arts library. It's a fantastic tree, really, very shapely, really, for lack of a better word. Here are a couple of sketches I've done of this tree - a painting will have to come soon:
There's this beautiful church here in Fishtown, on Girard Avenue - it's a Presbyterian church, I believe, but it has the most unusual dome atop the church, with a very distinctive shape which can be seen from a great distance away. It's lovely, and I've begun trying to capture it:
In addition to these sketches I’ve done on my own, I also
participated in the first of this year’s painting sessions to benefit the
Camphill Special School (see my blog post on the 2010 show here). A group of
artists is invited out to paint on the grounds of the school and the school’s
working farm out in Phoenixville, PA, with the end result being a show of the
painter’s work, with proceeds benefitting the School. It was a great day, with
a ton of artists including Joe Sweeney, Richard Ranck, Alex Tyng, Alyce Grunt,
Kerry Dunn, Patrick King, Garth Herrick, Charles Newman, David Lee and many
others whose names I did not catch (oops). Here are some of the painting sketches
I came up with from the day; I’m hoping to go back for more painting later in
the year:
