Northwest City Market

Here is another in the series of Portland street scenes I have been commissioned to do. Northwest City Market is a small grocery store on NW 21st its got great character and they always sell flowers outside of the entry. This painting is a bit more colorful than usually  but I think the flowers and umbrellas add a  nice touch.

"NW City Market"
Watercolor
11x14
Private Collection

Sketching Portland

This year one of my goals is to draw and paint more in the field. With the unusually nice weather recently I have been able to do a bit of sketching outside, mostly on my lunch break with couple other architects in my office.
 This is a sketch of Cathedral Bridge in St Johns from a couple weekends ago when the weather was great. The other 3 are from Portland's Pearl District sketched during lunch break and watercolored at home. I have recently made a travel sketch watercolor palette so I can start painting on site but have yet to use it.

 

 

 Cathedral Bridge
16" x10" -Watercolor Moleskine sketchbook
 Lumocolor pen and watercolor

"Building on 13th and Glisan" -
 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman and Birn  Alpha sketchbook
 lumocolor pen and watercolor

"Park Kitchen"
 8 1/2" x 11" Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook -
lumocolor pen and watercolor

'Park Blocks Brick " -
8 1/2" x 11" Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook -
lumocolor pen and watercolor

New blog and Commissioned paintings

Welcome to my new Blog "Pittsenbarger Watercolors" I decided to start this new site for all my watercolor paintings and watercolor sketches. I started my other blog Trout Illustrated to specialize in Fish and Fishing related paintings. Since I now primarily paint landscapes and cityscapes I felt a more general name like Pittsenbarger Watercolors would be fitting. (I will still keep the other site for fishing related photography and paintings)  Also as I have more exhibits and enter into art shows I want the site to be associated with my name.

Please note that I have added pages below the blog title for paintings that are available to buy.

Please share the link to this blog with anyone who might be interested.

I currently have a solo art exhibit at Anna Bannanas in the Saint John's Neighborhood in North Portland, it has gone over pretty well and I have had several people inquire about doing commissions for them. The following is the start of a large commission of different St. Johns and NW Portland scenes.  These first 3 are all from Lombard St. in the center of St Johns.

Patties - 11"x 14" 

Private collection

This old school diner looks like its in a time warp from the 50's its got a soda fountain style lunch counter and is mixed with a thrift store... strange but the type of place that makes St. John's so unique.

St. Johns Cinema - 11" x 14" 

Private collection

This is an old discount movie theater we go here a lot in the winter with the boys to watch cheap movies. I usually go here when its raining so I rendered it on a wet day.

Signal Pizza - 11" x 14"

Private collection

This is a vintage gas station that was restored and turned into a pizza joint, have not eaten here but its a great old building.