REND LAKE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Bass Boat, Rend Lake, Illinois, 8 x 17.5 inch ink drawing by George C. Clark   AVAILABLE

I drew this one day last fall, just before sunset.  On the horizon is the causeway that carries a state highway across the lake.

ANOTHER PAINTING FROM TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA

Two by Two by Two, 15 x 8 inch ink and watercolor painting by George C. Clark   AVAILABLE

Another painting from my trip to Florida in March.  The title refers to the two ospreys in flight, the two big fishing trawlers moored across the river, and the two smaller sponge boats in the foreground.

"SPRING CLEANING" ART SALE AT PALETTE & CHISEL ACADEMY NEXT SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 FROM 11AM TO 4PM

The last four small ink and watercolor paintings I have posted on this blog will be among the many original works by Chicago artists offered for sale at the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts at 1012 N. Dearborn Street in Chicago next Saturday, May 16, from 11am to 4pm.  All work will be priced at less than $300.  Other work by me in the sale will include a signed, limited edition giclee print of my female nude painting Camel Saddle and an original ink drawing of a young lady in lacy underwear. 

AN HOMAGE TO KIN HUBBARD

Fisherman, Brown County, Indiana, 12 x 9 inch ink and watercolor by George C. Clark  AVAILABLE

I did this one by the spillway at Strahl Lake in Brown County, Indiana a couple of years ago.  Say, that fisherman... That's not old Abe Martin, is it?... No, it couldn't be.......

TANKMATES IN SARASOTA

Tankmates, Sarasota, Florida, 8 x 11 inch ink and watercolor by George C. Clark   AVAILABLE

I drew this big green sea turtle from life at the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota last month.  There were two manatees in the same tank, but they wouldn't hold still long enough to be drawn, so I photographed them.  Later I drew one in and then added watercolor.

OLD TRAWLER, TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA

Old Trawler, Tarpon Springs, Florida, 8 x 9 inch ink and watercolor by George C. Clark   AVAILABLE

I drew this old trawler last month from a riverside picnic table in the old fishing and spongeing port of Tarpon Springs, just north of St. Petersburg.  Afterwards I had grilled shrimp for lunch at a restaurant on a pier that had its own shrimp boat tied up alongside.

KOI POND, SARASOTA, FLORIDA

Koi Pond, Sarasota, 10 x 8 inch ink and watercolor by George C. Clark    AVAILABLE

I sketched the ornamental carp in this koi pond at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota about three weeks ago.  It's an amazing place, with the second largest collection of air plants (orchids, etc.) in the world.