Water Towers & Other Things

I've been having a very busy but very exciting couple of weeks and suddenly it's seems that lots of things are happening at once. Having managed to figure out how to suitably package my two paintings that were going to California - several rolls of bubble wrap later, I had a very unpleasant reality when I discovered the outrageous cost I would have to pay for UPS's shipping services. However, as luck would have it that was also the day I sold the my a large charcoal drawing which was a very nice surprise and extremely well timed to cover my UPS bill! Much to my relief the paintings have now arrived at the gallery so I assume they are being installed as I write this.


I have also been adding the final touches to my card range and working on a new project which is based on New York's many Water Towers. This was inspired by a friend who is looking for a painting of New York's lesser depicted rooftop silhouette, the hundreds of water towers. This weekend the weather finally cooperated and allowed me to go out and pound the pavements in search of some suitable angles to start painting from and it's amazing how you start to notice them just about everywhere when you actually look. So I've done a few sketches and completely fallen in love with the subject, they are just so "paintable"! 

Water Towers, West Soho, 6x6, acrylic on board