ART BY ADRIAN RUYLE

Tag: Red’s Java House

  • RED’S – DEFENDER OF FREEDOM # 7

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    I’ve painted and sold this San Francisco Fleet Week scene 6 times. Time to do this popular subject again. Here it is in progress, but OOPS ! Got hand into wet paint and smeared it into sky. A blot … or a new feature?

    I think back to when I started painting in lacquer on vans. I was just finishing up a heartfelt desert sunset scene, when my airbrush dropped its paint bottle right in the middle of the work. Disaster. With lacquer, instant permanence! I was facing a lengthy refinishing job.

    An old paint hand nearby said “just paint a cactus over it.” So I painted a 4 foot cactus and added a cow skull for good measure. That enhanced scene turned out to be a big favorite. It even got into the magazines.

    That blob – a warplane? Could be a plus for #7 .

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  • RED’S – ENGINEERING MARVEL

    The artist showing this painting at coffeehouse point of sale. It is my third painting of Red’s next to that engineering marvel, the Bay Bridge. Must now paint a fourth ( Perhaps adding a Blue Angels’ fly over for variety. Or Godzilla. Or not.)