'The Orpheum Theatre #1'

Back to the Blog after a bit away............


Now I am working on 2   'Orpheum Theatre' pieces based on my black and white one - only this customer wanted it in color and sized:  16" x 20", So why not do 2 at the same time?  

This one is the DAY scene.

Both paintings will start with this basic outline that mirrors my larger black & white Original...

There is no rhyme or reason for using these colors.  Mostly I like to start with 2 complimentary colors (in this case Yellow & Purple) then start playing around with other accent colors to see how the whole piece flows visually.


From this point I start to finish it up by adding liquid paints to help define the edges.....

'ORPHEUM THEATRE  #1'

Just as an added touch I chose to add to the marquee the Broadway musical that the Orpheum is giving the BIG PUSH for this year...... "Memphis - the Musical"!!!


Tune in tomorrow if you like and see how the 'Orphuem @ Night' came out.....

Waterlilies - Redo & ReDone!

So the Original of this one:  Waterlilies #1  was a 'bit' on the BRIGHT side as you hopefully remember from an earlier posting.....

"WaterLilies #1"

I placed it back on the easel and tweeked it to a more 'traditional' piece with not so neon colors.... 

"Waterlilies with Raindrops"

It's always interesting as an artist - or atleast this one - to take the same outline of an image and think of all the possible ways that it can be conveyed.  Lights, Darks, Blues, Reds,.. etc, you get the picture.   This piece was '#1' and now I have '#2 - without raindrops' to update and see what I come up with.