Gazebo, DeMenil Place
Private garden.Beyond a picket fence and surrounded by dogwoods, oaks and shrubbery, this view from the sidewalk of a gazebo in a private garden was ...
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16 Apr
Grafitti Wall
Grafitti Wall
Legal grafitti. While grafitti is considered to be criminal defacement of property and a sure sign of urban decay there is a place in St. Louis where it is ...
11 Apr
Alley, DeMenil Place
Alley, DeMenil Place
Alley view. An alley is literally a back of the house view but offers the sketch hunter the visual challenge: How do you represent the scene in an ...
10 Apr
Up on the roof…
Up on the roof…
Satellite dishes. The stair well on top floor of the Keiner Plaza East parking garage bristles with satellite dishes. Like all forms of clutter after awhile they become invisible ...
08 Apr
Wainwright tomb, Bellefontaine Cemetery
Wainwright tomb, Bellefontaine Cemetery
Louis Sullivan designed one of the most sublime architectural creations anywhere for Ellis Wainwright in 1891. The arrangement of simple forms and the restrained use surface embellishments ...
07 Apr
Portico, Missouri Botanical Garden
Portico, Missouri Botanical Garden
Elegant garden folly. Now preserved as a garden feature in the Temperate House, this classical stone porticco was the entrance to St. Leo's Catholic School built in 1902. According to ...
07 Jan
St. Michael’s, McKinley Heights
St. Michael’s, McKinley Heights
St. Michael's in the mid day sun. The onion domes of St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Church on Gravois seemed to be intriguing subjects to sketch especially when cast in ...
01 Oct
Our Ladys Chapel, Cathedral Basilica
Our Ladys Chapel, Cathedral Basilica
Our Ladys ChapelOne of the most visually intriguing interior spaces in the city is the sanctuary of the Cathedral Basilica. The floor plan is reminiscent ...
12 Sep
Stilt Walking, Saint Louis Art Fair
Stilt Walking, Saint Louis Art Fair
The Stilt WalkerI had started this sketch on Saturday with the idea that the people and artists’ tents would be a colorful subject to paint ...
14 Aug
Piper Palm House, Tower Grove Park
Piper Palm House, Tower Grove Park
The oldest greenhouse west of Mississippi. According to the Tower Grove Park web site the Piper Palm House, built in 1878, is the oldest greenhouse west ...
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