NEW TRAVELER'S SKETCHBOOK EXHIBITION IN CHICAGO

Backyards, Chicago, 15 x 20 inch watercolor by George C. Clark    Available

Eight of the paintings from my "Traveler's Sketchbook" series along with two large studio landscapes are currently on exhibit at Alderman John Arena's 45th Ward Office Gallery at 4754 North Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.  The Ward Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 6:00pm, and the exhibition will run through April, 2013.

SAN MOISE, VENICE

San Moise, Venice, 29 x 23 oil on paper painting by George C. Clark    SOLD

I had to cross this bridge and walk through the little campo in front of the Church of San Moise to get to San Marco from the hotel I was staying at in Venice.

THE OLD CASTLE AT MEERSBURG, GERMANY

Old Castle at Meersburg, Germany, 12 x 16 inch watercolor by George C. Clark    SOLD

I painted this on a sunny early May morning on a hill outside the lovely old town of Meersburg on Lake Constance in southern Germany.  Later I hiked through the vineyards overlooking the lakeshore. 

HOUSE ON THE KOHLMARKT, VIENNA

House on the Kohlmarkt, Vienna,  16 x 12 inch watercolor by George C. Clark   SOLD

The kind of small family-run accommodations Americans call bed-and-breakfasts are called pensions in Europe.  Frequently they are converted houses, villas, farms, or small apartment buildings.  However, in the larger cities they will sometimes occupy only a portion of a larger commercial building.  The pension I stayed at in Vienna was on the fourth or fifth floor of a large 19th Century building on the Graben in Vienna's altstadt.  It has been my experience that when visiting a city where driving and parking are impractical it is best to stay close to the sites you want to visit.  The extra cost is well worth the time you would waste commuting from cheaper digs in the suburbs.  An extra bonus for an artist is that sometimes you get a view worth painting.  I did this watercolor of a building on the adjacent street, the Kohlmarkt, from the window of my room.  

GRAND CANAL, VENICE

Grand Canal from Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 12 x 9 inch watercolor by George C. Clark   AVAILABLE

I painted this little watercolor sitting on the steps of the great church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice.  The water taxi was actually tied up at the fondimenta in front of me, but I decided to portray it in motion.  Then, just as the painting was about finished, some churchmen came from behind me, got in the boat, and it took off.

NARROW-GAUGE LOCOMOTIVE, BOOTHBAY, MAINE

Narrow-gauge Locomotive, Boothbay, Maine,  20 x 30 inch oil and pencil on paper painting by George C. Clark    SOLD

This was an early entry in my "AGE OF IRON" series of railroad images.  I found this little switch engine in a railroad museum in Boothbay, Maine.  This painting was exhibited and sold before I knew I was going to be doing a railroad series.

NORTH YORKSHIRE HORSE

Draft Horse, Ripley Castle, N. Yorkshire, 6 x 6 inch ink drawing by George C. Clark    AVAILABLE

When our party stopped for an ice cream and restroom break in the village of Ripley Castle, I took advantage of the time to sketch this draft horse by the doorway of an old stone barn.