jazz at the bistro
Trying to unwind and get to sleep. Earlier today I posted the Red Goose Shoes sign from a low angle, reflected in a store front window, and just now recalled this low-angle Jazz sign I painted last year with a reflection off the window. This marks the first time I ever tried to paint a window reflection.
This original watercolor, unfortunately, was either lost or stolen last summer. The organization that had possession of it made good and paid me the listed price of the painting, and fortunately I had images of it to make limited edition giclee prints. But it always sickens me to have an original piece come up missing like this.
It’s very likely that I could finish the Red Goose Shoes painting tomorrow. I’m ready to move on to another composition. Red Goose gave me headaches, with all the detail called forth. I’m ready for something looser and more atmospheric. We’ll see what transpires.
Thanks for reading.
Tags: Americana, Beat generation, Blues, cafe, drybrush, Edward Hopper, Jazz, jazz club, juke joint, Kerouac, Midwest, Missouri, night club, night life, nostalgia, Proust, Remembrance of Things Past, Road House, saxophone, St. Louis, watercolor
Recollections 54 The Art of David Tripp 
March 9, 2011 at 6:25 pm |
I really like all your sign board painting. They really blow me off. They are just stands out like a sign board should. Stunning work.
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March 9, 2011 at 6:30 pm |
Thank you, Francis. I’ve had a “fetish” for signage since I began watercolors about 20 years ago. Only recently have I been able to crank out some OK ones. Thanks for the motivating comments.
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