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SlainteImages > “Tire Repair Guys – Chicago Series” 16x20 oil, $800.

As I drove south out of the loop I was taken with this scene of two men lounging outside their tire repair business. Work was slow this day, as it probably was on most days. Colors on the south side tend to be pretty uniformly drab with a lot of browns and grays. And so ….
SlainteImages > “The El …. – Chicago Series” 18x24 oil, $800

Walk around the Loop on the Chicago South side and the Elevated Train stands out almost as an icon of the city. On street level all of the city’s business plods steadily on while 50 feet in the air train cars race at break-neck speeds to deliver passengers to points north and south.
SlainteImages > “Apollo Heads For … - Chicago Series” 16x20 oil, $800

Look closely at the headlines on this poor lady’s newspaper. Her sense of awe at the holiday window dressings fly in the face of the remarkable announcement of the headline that Apollo was heading to the moon.
SlainteImages > “The Bus Stop – Chicago Series” 16x20 oil, $800.

The Chicago Series is based on black and white photographs that I took in 1969 in Chicago’s Loop area. This painting felt exactly right from the moment I picked up a brush. Again, I think that Hopper was working extra hard on my psyche as I knocked out these paintings one after another through the winter of 2008.
“Tire Repair Guys – Chicago Series” 16x20 oil, $800.

As I drove south out of the loop I was taken with this scene of two men lounging outside their tire repair business. Work was slow this day, as it probably was on most days. Colors on the south side tend to be pretty uniformly drab with a lot of browns and grays. And so ….
SlainteImages > “Tire Repair Guys – Chicago Series” 16x20 oil, $800.

As I drove south out of the loop I was taken with this scene of two men lounging outside their tire repair business. Work was slow this day, as it probably was on most days. Colors on the south side tend to be pretty uniformly drab with a lot of browns and grays. And so ….
“Tire Repair Guys – Chicago Series” 16x20 oil, $800.

As I drove south out of the loop I was taken with this scene of two men lounging outside their tire repair business. Work was slow this day, as it probably was on most days. Colors on the south side tend to be pretty uniformly drab with a lot of browns and grays. And so ….
See photo in original gallery.

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