close up look at DFW painted view at Gate 9 Terminal E

a closer view of the jetway connector at DFW in the heat of the afternoon,  tired and exhausted...

DFW terminal E Gate 9, 95 degrees in July...

...some layover time spent at DFW on the way back to Cali, spotted an open mouthed jetway connector gasping for air in the 95 degree heat of the Texas July sunshine.

San Diego airport, Gate 8 in the morning light

 

Clear skies and light air traffic on the route from OAK to DEN, with a stop/layover in beautiful San Diego,  palm trees at the edges of the landscape and hills, warm sun and happy faces...

 

Houston Hobby Airport, gate 51

Houston Hobby Airport, gate 51, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Late late afternoon scene at gate 51

ATLANTA. Gate B 25 view, early evening...

Looking at the darker background with light color lines for contours and definition.

And a detail closeup of the terminal tower, more abstract than ever....

Hangar at Midway, Chicago

Hangar at Midway, Chicago, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Traveling back to the west coast, time for hangar views and painting...

OAK Gate 28 painting

Oakland Gate 28, looking to the north, foggy skies, and a long four section connection to the Southwest Airlines flight to Seattle...painted with adobe ideas app on ipad version...

Salt Lake City gate D7

Salt Lake City gate D7, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Stopover at SLC, gate D7, view of the snow capped peaks and tumbled cumulus clouds

video compilation of aerial paintings, airplanes, airports, terminals, runways...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZwvoSG-Vo

a link to the latest video including a compilation of drawings and paintings from travel scenes of airports, terminals, runways and airplanes...drawn and painted with a variety of apps on the digital tablet...

Ronald Reagan, gate 33

Monument detail

"... It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of Magnificent Intentions."

-- American Notes, Charles Dickens

Full painted image view from gate 33

Capitol detail

Last Sunday return times from D.C. at Ronald Reagan airport, looking back from gate 33, over the Potomac River towards the Capitol building and the Washington monument.  A unique viewpoint for me, and a perfect opportunity to try the newer layers on adobe ideas after finally successfully merging from the old versions...

DENVER B42

A trip over to the East Coast depends on a change of planes in Denver, and some time to paint Gate B42 and the snowy white terminal roof beyond...

OAK OAHU view

A simple color sketch created during the waiting time at the Oakland airport, looking from the Southwest gates, and viewing the planes preparing to fly to the islands of Hawaii...

Chicago Midway airport paintings

Departure day from the attendance at the Gensler Super meeting, and some extra time to view and paint the sight of South West airplanes lined up for passengers along the B series of gates at Chicago Midway airport.  Painted with adobe ideas app on the ipad.

Dubai international airport

A splendidly large and cavernous enclosure of the international terminal with scallops of glazing for natural light and views, on layover from the India to SFO flight...painted with adobe ideas on ipad...

On the first stop to India

An early early morning transfer and wait within the cavernous spaces of the new Dubai International terminal building, a quick sketch of the interior space...

OAKland terminal 1 and 2 space between collage

A collage version of the vertical slice and horizontal slice of the painted spaces between terminal 1 and 2 at the Oakland airport, California...

horizontal slice at OAK terminal 1 and 2

first slice view of the OAK terminal painting, area between 1 and 2, horizontal slice, created on the iPad with stylus painting...

san francisco international terminal waiting time...

while waiting for those flights from Haneda, Tokyo to arrive, a view of the lumbering flying beasts...

waiting and drawing and traveling...

a composite view of gates, terminals and planes while in the waiting state of mind...

Gate 27 Oakland

framed views of the airliners disgorging passengers and gulping fuel for the next flights at gate 27 in Oakland