Friday, January 18, 2013

A couple weeks in the Bay Area, 9 x 12, oil by Ron Donoughe

What a nice change to experience crisp light and shadow after being enveloped by damp gray! I'm doing two paintings a day while I stay here. The change pushes my palette in a new direction. Or is it that sweet smell of the smoke on the streets of Haight/Ashbury where I'm staying?

5 comments:

Christine Marx said...

Love both of these Ron! My daughter is moving there in May and she assured me the Haight is cleaned up and not like it used to be. True?
Love your palette on the buildings and the crisp blue at the top.
Also LOVE the coast painting. Looks like a few nice days of weather for you!

Ron Donoughe said...

Hmmm, It is better, no doubt about that. But there are still a lot of shady characters on the streets. She will need to be aware and use common sense. Many many young folks here and some of these shoppes are upscale!
She'll probably love it.

Tatiana said...

Beautiful, as always, Ron!

Sue Marrazzo Fine Art said...

...Must be nice to be out west.
Keep painting, Ron...You are doing such FINE ART!!!

Claire Beadon Carnell said...

Both are fantastic paintings, Ron! That coastal picture has a great depth to it - looks like a great place to be painting!