Bud's Broiler

New Orleans

9 1/2" x 13"  oil on board

sold

The Virtual Paintout is painting in New Orleans this month. With all the history and culture it has, there were so many places to choose from. Wandering up and down the streets (on the google map) I came upon this building. I was attracted by the architecture and the feeling that this place full of stories and nostalgia.  Bud's Broiler is a local institution, and a great place to go for really good burgers. This is the original one, and has been here for almost sixty years. Like much of New Orleans, it has survived Katrina, but has a way to go before it will be the place it once was. To get an idea of how it looked before, click here, and let's all hope it will be back to its old self, and better than ever!

 Before It's Gone

Cuesta Park Annex
16" x 20"  oil
Framed in redwood lath.

$120.

This week Cuesta Park Annex might have gotten another chance to exist. Long story short: official powers want to develop one of the last natural pieces of land around here - a beautiful spot - but now are reconsidering how much they will do. I've posted paintings and opinions so many times about this that it would be overkill to do it again - I'll just list those posts below.

So, another painting showing how beautiful this place is, how wonderful the many trees are, how lovely the whole area is - and what a great place it is for plein air painting! Dare we hope other development plans could be reconsidered as well?  It would be nice to save this place, leaving it as it is, so our children and grandchildren will have some idea of what the land looked like before we came here.

To see my other posts about Cuesta Park Annex:

http://patriciamusgraveapaintingblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/cuesta-park-annex-summer-oil-on-canvas.html

http://patriciamusgraveapaintingblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/mid-spring-at-annex.html

http://patriciamusgraveapaintingblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/oak-tree-at-cuesta-annex.html

http://patriciamusgraveapaintingblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/little-landscape.html

http://patriciamusgraveapaintingblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/almond-trees-at-cuesta-park.html

But wait! There are more paintings of the Annex to come - stay tuned.

Sunlight and Shade

11" x 14"  oil on canvas

$150.

Some times when you go out plein air painting, you think it just isn't going to happen - that you won't be able to create anything wonderful from what you're looking at, that you just don't feel the "spark". Then you are pleasantly surprised by what unfolds under your brush! Such was the case when we were painting at over Whisman School Park, where I started without much hope, and ended up extremely pleased! 

Please visit my gallery at the Daily Paintworks, you can get there by clicking here.

Egrets at Baylands

oil on canvas 

11" x 14"
sold

The egrets were everywhere. Nesting in the trees, fishing in the shoals, flying all around.  Even though I came here to paint the eucalyptus trees, I was captured by their elegance and serenity. With their beautiful wing spread and graceful,  long necks, complimented by snowy plumage -  well, they just stole the show.