Kismet Arts Tangent

Right before making these paintings, I was shocked and a little dejected at the Amtrak station in Portland. I had planned on leaving that evening, but timing would have another plan for me: painting in the park. I am really glad it worked out this way. It was first thursday in Portland and the Pearl district was kicking with the polite laughter of gallery patrons and passerbys. I had the fortune of a couple of strangers passing my little set-up and admiring my work– this being my third plein air endeavor, but the first of one where people are around to gawk and gander. I had the fun challenge of the light rapidly changing from a soft afternoon lambency to the harsh sodium-vapor glow.