Traveling back to the west coast, time for hangar views and painting...
Inside and outside of my creative life, I always find those valuable moments of time to draw and sketch the some of events, spaces and environments on my journeys... Sometimes I think about Robert Byron touring through regions of the Middle East in search of unique towers and monuments, and wonder about Bruce Chatwin venturing through the southern tip of South America and falling in love with Patagonia...Douglas Wittnebel...
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Showing posts with label art deco. Show all posts
Thursday, September 19, 2013
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City National Bank Building, Houston, Texas
Using a painting too from the adobe ideas app, a series of progressive views of a beautiful deco building in downtown Houston, focusing on the top portion of the structure...
Historic name: City National Bank, 921 Main Street and McKinney
Current name: 1001 McKinney Building
Architect, Albert C. Finn
Completed: 1947
City of Houston Historic Landmark, National Registry of Historic Places
Monday, October 17, 2011
Alameda Theatre
Timothy Pflueger designed this theater for the Nassar brothers and it opened in 1932 during the depression years. The exterior caught my eye as the late afternoon sunlight bleached the softer columns and curves of the facade. Restored in 2008, the building stands proud on Central Avenue and viewable from Park Street, and contains a wonderful set of interior spaces and details.
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A selection of ink sketches done at the Ryoanji garden in Kyoto, a magical space full of mystery and a wonderful confluence of the simpl...
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The Santa Barbara Mission was founded in 1786, and the main church building completed in 1820. The 1925 earthquake destroyed the mission ...
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I had the opportunity to create a full size wall mural drawing in my office in San Ramon for Gensler and IIDA Northern Chapter event on sust...