Gunther's Ice Cream was built in 1947, the year I was born. On a hot, hot summer's night here in Sacramento, the joint rocks! This is a watercolor painting is on 140 cold press arches watercolor paper. Its about 20"X 30". I NEVER stretch my paper, and when I paint, I purposely "miss" areas or, in other words, I do not cover every square millimeter with paint. The small missed areas are called "holidays", an old maritime word from the age of sail. These holidays provide the painting with an energetic sparkle along with my splattering. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
When I found out a few months ago that Southwest Art Magazine was going to print one of my paintings that I have in the Elliout Fouts Gallery here in Sacramento, I told them that if they ran it on the FRONT COVER, the magazine's subscription level would most likely double. Did they listen to me? NO!! Instead, they printed my painting on an inside page! (the current July issue). :-)
By the way, this acrylic on canvas is of a bridge that rotates to let tall boats or boats with tall masts exit or enter the slough. . You are seeing the Sacramento river in the foreground with the slough off beyond the bridge in the background.
