Most of the work involves just finding the great angle and a fresh view. That means no paintings of the swan boats in the Public Garden, and no paintings of Newbury Street shops.
These paintings are started on location in about an hour and finished or cleaned up in the studio later as drying time allows. Still, the majority of these pieces are achieved on site and they have urgent qualities that only work done near the city dumpsters and baby skunks can have. Here is an oil with the first few strokes of the Boston skyline being laid in. Big simple shapes with little color initially.
I will update this post with the finished piece later this summer.
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