Architecture in Watercolor

The next commission I will be working on is an architectural piece, which will utilize my small amount of architectural training. When I was just beginning college, I had chosen an architecture school in Portland, and I lasted a year and a summer of wonderful classes. My artwork of the New Market Theater columns (being windows into scenes of historic and preserved elements in Oregon) won to become the National Historic Preservation Week’s poster for that year. I re-assessed my future, and transferred out into art school.

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And I could be rich and famous right now as an architect!

My art challenge right now, though, is to paint the St. Paul Cathedral, in a triptych format, with the central large image being the entire Cathedral flanked by two of the Cathedral’s marble Saint statues. The Cathedral is simply amazing inside. Take a look here:

Cathedral of St. Paul

I’m setting up my art studio now- inside the cafe…… …….. I will have a room of my own, and have the air-conditioned wireless internet cafe to play in. I have worked out a trade with my friend, the owner, to watch the cafe and be artist-in-residence with Open Studio hours three days a week, and if you are lucky to come into the cafe then, I’ll even serve you an iced latte!!

This is a temporary transitional space, until about Dec/Jan, when I would like to be moved closer to the Twin Cities in my own place.

It will take about a week to plan the composition and do the underlying drawings for the watercolor.

Then, the fun begins.