SAILING SCHOOL DOCK, WILMETTE HARBOR

Sailing School Dock, Wilmette Harbor, 16 x 12 inch watercolor by George C. Clark   SOLD

Wilmette is a suburb north of Chicago on Lake Michigan.

THE LAST TOMATO IN PAT'S GARDEN

The Last Tomato in Pat's Garden, 12 x 16 inch watercolor by George C. Clark    SOLD

Whenever I do a a "Traveler's Sketchbook" exhibition like the recent one at Beverly Arts Center I describe the subjects as "ranging from the artist's own Chicago backyard to the back roads of Europe."  Here is a painting from my back yard.  I painted it late in the season when the climbing beans had gone crazy and there was a single tomato still ripening.  I asked my wife to leave some of her tools out so that they could be in the picture.

ROOFTOPS OF CHESTER, ENGLAND

Rooftops of Eastgate, Chester, England, 9.5 x 12.5 ink and watercolor by George C. Clark   AVAILABLE

The ancient city of Chester, on the Welsh border, is the last stop for a subway train you can board in downtown Liverpool.  The ground floors of the old buildings lining Eastgate are full of modern shops and eateries, even a Disney Store.  I preferred to look up for this on-site drawing.

This is the last weekend to see Traveler's Sketchbook, my exhibition at Beverly Arts Center in Chicago.

TRAVELER'S SKETCHBOOK EXHIBITION AT BEVERLY ARTS CENTER IN CHICAGO NOV. 6 to DEC. 6, 2015

Albert Dock, Liverpool UK, 13.5 x 9.5 inch ink and watercolor by George C. Clark    AVAILABLE

Albert Dock, drawn on my recent visit to England, will be one of 50-plus paintings and graphics from my Traveler's Sketchbook Series featured in the main floor galleries of the BEVERLY ARTS CENTER, 2407 W. 111th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60655 from November 6 to December 6, 2015.  Gallery hours are 9am to 9pm Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm Saturday, and 1 to 4pm Sunday.   "Traveler's Sketchbook" is what I call the mostly small-scale, mostly on-site watercolors and drawings I make of places and things I find interesting on my travels.  Subjects range from my own Chicago back yard to the back roads of Europe.  Also shown will be a few of my large-scale studio landscapes.

THERE WILL BE AN ARTIST'S RECEPTION ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 FROM 2 TO 4PM.  Everyone is welcome.

ON THE EAST SUSSEX SEACOAST

The View from the Beekeeper's Cottage, 10.5 x 14.5 inch ink and watercolor by George C. Clark    AVAILABLE

I drew this one in England about a month ago.  Those who know who the beekeeper in the painting's title is may appreciate what it means when I tell them that two and a half weeks ago I had breakfast at Speedy's Sandwich Bar and Cafe in London at a table positioned almost exactly where Mycroft told Watson the bad news about Irene Adler.  And I enjoyed the omelette, chips and cappuccino too.

UPDATE:  APRIL 20, 2016
I just saw the movie Mr. Holmes on Netflix.   In it, Ian McKellan portrays 93 year old retired detective Sherlock Holmes keeping bees on the East Sussex downs, a retirement mentioned several times in Conan Doyle's stories.  I swear that when I made and titled this painting in England last fall I had no idea that these chalk cliffs called the Seven Sisters had been portrayed in the movie as being within walking distance of Mr. Holmes' (the beekeeper's) cottage.  

JET-LAGGED IN BRIGHTON, ENGLAND

Jet-lagged in Brighton, U.K., 14 x 10 inch ink drawing by George C. Clark    AVAILABLE

This is me about three weeks ago, on the first night of a visit to the United Kingdom.   I can never sleep much on airplanes which made for a very long day.  I crashed after supper in my hotel in Brighton on Britain's south coast,  but then found myself wide awake in the middle of the night.  I pulled a chair into the bathroom, set it in front of the sink, and drew this self-portrait.  The chrome faucet in the foreground is real and everything else in the drawing is the reflection I saw in the mirror.

THE CABINET SHOP AT SHAKE RAG ALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN

The Cabinet Shop, 10 x 14 inch watercolor and colored pencil painting by George C. Clark   AVAILABLE

The Cabinet Shop is one of the restored historic buildings in Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts.  It was the scene of one of the workshops I taught as part of the annual Woodlanders Gathering in July.  The day lilies are always in bloom at that time of year.