Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #24

Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #24
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of an abandoned midtown house, The twenty-fourth painting in the Abandoned, portraits of Detroit series
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#733

A Sunlit Tug, Rouge River

A Sunlit Tug, Rouge River
SOLD
To a collector in New York, NY
Today's daily painting is of a tug boat on the Rouge River with late afternoon sunlight creating a dramatic scene
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
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#732

RR Bridge & Shadows

RR Bridge &Shadows
SOLD
To a collector in Regensburg, Germany
Today's daily painting is of light and shadows falling on a RR bridge creating great abstract shapes.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#731

Corner Shadows

Corner Shadows,
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #23
SOLD
To a collector in Detroit, MI
Today's daily painting is of warm September light and deep shadows on an abandoned Detroit corner building.
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #23
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
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#730

September Light

September Light,
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #22
SOLD
To collector in Colorado Springs, CO
Today's daily painting is of warm September light on a turret of an abandoned Detroit building.
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #20
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#729

The Roger Blough, upbound

The Roger Blough, upbound
SOLD
To collector in Adelaide, South Australia
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of the Great Lakes freighter the Roger Blough upbound on the Detroit river. In the background is a power plant in Windsor Ontario.
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#728

La Maison Blanche IV

La Maison Blanche IV
SOLD
To a collector in Hong Kong
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of a midtown house that the chimney has been removed by strippers, leaving a large dark gaping hole. The twentyfirst painting in the Abandoned, portraits of Detroit series
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#727

Evening Light, Rouge

Evening Light, Rouge
SOLD
To collector in Adelaide, South Australia
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of late evening light on an Industrial Landscape on the Rouge River.
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#726

Cityclouds

Cityclouds
SOLD
To collector in Colorado Springs, CO
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
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Today's painting is a view late evening light on a dramatic bank of clouds.
A young art student in Halifax, Nova Scotia has been doing an incredible series of cloud painting for her current show. Please take a look at Ambera Wellmann's wonderful paintings.
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#725

Jefferson Ave Bridge

Jefferson Ave Bridge
SOLD
To a collector in Hiawassee, GA
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is a view of the Jefferson Ave bridge pilot house.
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#724

Great Lakes Steel, detail

Great Lakes Steel, detail
SOLD
To a collector in Bloomfield Hills, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is a detail of part of the Great Lakes Steel complex on Zug Island. The warm late afternoon gave it a wonderful glow.
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#723

Zug Island Swing Bridge

Zug Island Swing Bridge
SOLD
To a collector in West Bloomfield, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of the swing bridge to Zug Island against a late evening Naples yellow sky. Zug Island is the home of Great Lakes Steel on the Detroit River
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#722

Evening Light

Evening Light
SOLD 

oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
Today's painting is of late evening light on an Industrial Landscape near the Rouge River.
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#721

Citylights #45

Citylights #45
SOLD
To a collector in Detroit, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
Today's painting is from the continuing series of Citylights paintings of Detroit at night
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#720

Belle Isle Reflections II

Belle Isle Reflections II
SOLD
To a collector in Netherlands
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
Today's painting is of Water Lilies and reflections on a beautiful fall day on Belle Isle
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#719

Corner Shadows

Corner Shadows,
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #20
SOLD
To a collector in Detroit, MI
Today's daily painting is of a red corner building in the Brush Park area of Detroit.
Abandoned, Portraits of Detroit #20
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#718

Mi Central, Abandoned Detroit #19

Mi Central, Abandoned Detroit #19
SOLD
To a collector in Silver Springs, MD
Today's daily painting is of late summer light on the Abandoned Michigan Central train station
Abandoned Detroit #19
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
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#717

Near Lexington IV

Near Lexington IV
Today's daily painting is of light, shadows and color of a section of wet woods near Lexington, MI
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
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#716

Dequindre Cut Shadows

Dequindre Cut Shadows
SOLD
to collector in Italy
Today's daily painting is of light, arches, graffiti, and shadows on an unfinished section of the Dequindre Cut.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#715

Woodward Ave Shadows

Woodward Ave Shadows
SOLD
To collector in Adelaide, South Australia
Today's daily painting is of a corner building on Woodward Ave. By now if you haven't guessed, blue is my favorite color to paint.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
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#714

September Shadows

September Shadows
SOLD
To collector in Grosse Pointe, MI
Today's daily painting is an urban landscape of a midtown RR Bridge with long September shadows
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
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#713

Nocturne in Blue & Citylights #44

Nocturne in Blue
SOLD
To collector in Grosse Pointe, MI
Today's daily painting is a nocturne of an industrial plant
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
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#712

Citylights #44
SOLD
to collector in Italy
oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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Somehow this didn't get posted on 9.08.09
#711

Midtown Reflections

Happy Labor Day!

Midtown Reflections
SOLD
To collector in Colorado Springs, CO
Today's daily painting is of late summer light and reflections on a Midtown Detroit building.
Late evening light in September creates such a clarity of light and intensity of color that this seems almost abstract.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#710

Brush Park September

Brush Park September
SOLD
To collector in Grosse Pointe, MI
Today's daily painting is a landscape of the Brush Park area of Detroit on a beautiful fall day. We have had some of the most beautiful weather the last couple weeks here in Detroit.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#709

The Red Door

The Red Door
SOLD, to collector in Italy
Today's daily painting is of a corner building with red doors.
The eighteenth in the series of portraits of abandoned Detroit building.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#708

Study in Grey, River Reflections

Study in Grey, River Reflections
SOLD
To a collector in Grosse Pointe, MI
Today's daily painting is of a soft grey view of the Great lakes Steel plant on Zug Island.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 7x5"
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#707

Janet's Abyssinian Glad

Janet's Abyssinian Glad
Today's daily painting is of one of Janet's Abyssinian Glads. We got these from "Old House Gardens" online and we are very happy with them. Abyssinian Glads, exotic, late-blooming flowers – white with purple hearts – dip and sway on sturdy, arching stems. Collected from the mountains of Ethiopia in 1844.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x5"
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#706

The Green Door

The Green Door
SOLD
To collector in Dearborn, MI
Today's daily painting is of a wonderful Yellow building in front of a deep blue background. The building is on Brooklyn St just down from Mudgie's Deli. They have some of the best sandwiches, salads and soups in town. At the corner of Porter and Brooklyn in Corktown. I plan on doing a painting of their corner building soon.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
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#705

Huron River RR Bridge

Huron River RR Bridge
SOLD
To collector in Grosse Pointe, MI
Today's daily painting is of the RR Bridge over the Huron River, in Ann Arbor.
Thanks to all for the Birthday wishes. We had a wonderful cupcake party on the front lawn with the neighborhood children and their parents.
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oil on linen/panel, 2009, 5x7"
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#704


My Birthday party!
This is a shot of a few of the neighbor children celebrating my 63rd Birthday, a special way to enjoy my day.