El Mercado at Sunrise

I love painting urban scenes of my favorite city, Austin, TX. Especially at those quiet times of the day like very early in the morning. Today's posting is one I did this past Spring. It's the back of El Mercado Restaurant on 17th and Guadalupe. Catching the early morning light in combination with the street lighting really intrigued me.

El Mercado at Sunrise, 6 x 8 Oil on panel

Sunset on N. Lamar

I'm in the process of finishing this painting for the next I Art Congress show at Real Gallery. Since it's been such a long time since I've posted (the usual excuse: paint or blog and then I had a bit of bad luck - broken finger on right hand and then a few weeks later, I tripped over a parking curb in the dark and broke my right collarbone), it's embarrassing. I'm fine now and am back at the easel.

Sunset on North Lamar was painted from a photo I took on my way to paint with Noel Robbins. The sunset that evening was so beautiful I had to paint it.


"Sunset on North Lamar" 8 x 10 Oil