Hello again painting fans.
This week I will be starting a new painting. The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I will be using my usual acrylics on an 8×8 gallery-wrapped canvas.
This is a building I have seen many times on my trips out west. This relic is located in the town of Holbrook, Arizona, where it stands just off route 40. It is a former service station from what is likely the late 1930s. The building is done in a fabulous streamlined ovoid style. I visit each time I go by just to see if anything has been done with it. It continues in a state of benign neglect. I finally decided to make use my photos and imortalize it in acrylic paint.
Below is another photo.
I started with a pencil grid followed by an outline in the sweet potato paint used in the last painting. I’ve added a layer of blue to define the sky.
The current state of the painting is seen directly below.
I’ll have more to show you next week. See you then.
Earlier paintings in this series can be seen here.
Paint me a picture of your thoughts.
Wow. That is a familiar sight to me as well. It has been a couple years since I last saw that particular landmark. Actually, all throughout the region (I’ll include west Texas and New Mexico for my purposes) there are some fascinating ruins to photograph and – yes – paint.
Yep, there is a lot of interesting roadside architecture in the region. It surprises me that you know this particular place. It would be a great place for a restaurant.
I don’t get out that way quite as much as I used to, but Holbrook has often been a resting point either to or from the west coast. That particular building would make a pretty cool diner – I’ve seen enough defunct fuel stations turned into eateries to know it would certainly be doable. The architecture of that particular building has quirky written all over it, and that’s precisely the type of joint I would stop at for a bite to eat and a cup of joe. 🙂
Anyhoo, paint on.
Don Durito,
Did you mean paint the ruins!
Hah.
boran2,
I came by to be surprised.
Was I ever.
I love that architectural style.
Almost Art Deco.
As for the restaurant … It may have looked like this except for the surf & pier. I took a friends grandsons there for a little outing & took a few shots.
I put it into a little slide show & sent it to her.
She was in tears.
I hadn`t told her anything about what I was doing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37knucklehead/9437346603/
Thanks Knucklehead. I’ll have to check out that video later on. My 9 year old powerbook is letting me view it. I would call that Holbrook structure art moderne, snooty architecture lover that I am. 😉
That was a very nice thing you did. I’m lucky to have a lot of little kid photos to laugh at now that I’m a geezer. Those two boys will probably appreciate that show a lot when they’re old and grey. No wonder their mom was touched.
Thank you Indianadem.
I hope all is well & you are in good health.