This is a preliminary pen and ink of a photo I took at the amusement park on Coney Island. I haven’t figured out exactly how to paint the dramatic sky from the photo without overpainting the intricate structure of the roller coaster.
I took a series of photos on the Coney Island boardwalk in 1991 (Atlantis, Coney Island, NYC, Mural for Young and Old, and Lonely in Winter). It seems that I forgot to post the photo on which these watercolors are based on. I started these sketches well over a year ago on a 14×20″ watercolor […]
Please visit my Etsy shops: AutismInspiredArt for art inspired by my brother Mike; OtherArtbyJack for my other art including the likes of Atlantis, Coney Island (1991), above.
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I lived in NYC for a long while. During the winter of 1991 I took a jaunt to Coney Island where I took a series of color photos (I may also have had a camera loaded with black and white film with me – I was a bit of a fanatic back then). I printed […]
Posts in this new series will detail my preparations for opening a shop on the Etsy platform. I envision that it will accomplish several things: 1) enable me to share my art; 2) help me to reduce the inventory of art currently housed in my apartment, while; 3) making money. My short term goal is […]
The mood created by lengthening shadows and the lone toddler on his trike belie the promise of Fun, etc.offered by the pointing finger of the sign.
I like the late-day sun and waited for the right moment for the person to cast the genie shadow on the world of Atlantis.
This was a candid shot. I did not know either of the people in the frame. I set up a tripod in front, and to the side of the lady in sunglasses. As I recall, the focal length was short (28mm), so it did not appear as if I was taking her picture. I like […]
