Shipyard Study #2, 03/08/11, Oil on panel 11 x 14 inches
Train-yard Study #1, 03/09/11, Oil on panel 11 x 14 inches
Train-yard Study #2, 03/11/11, Oil on panel 11 x 14 inches
I’ve been painting down off Cesar Chavez Parkway in Barrio Logan with the views of the shipyard and train switching yard or train-yard, not sure of the actual name. I’m excited by this place an amazing wealth of subjects worth investigating. I’ve been looking at views further in the distance “zooming in” and giving myself permission to move stuff around more than I usually do. Sometimes when the view is so busy it frees me up to be less literal and more abstract – push the painting more. I want to continue making a number of paintings here at different times of the day and explore how far I might increase simplification and abstraction.