Same Vantage Point

When I first saw John Sloan's 1914 painting of the Paint Factory in Rocky Neck, Gloucester (in the Cape Ann Museum), I've always wanted to paint my version from the same vantage point.  My painting is 18x24 inches, oil on linen panel.

Earlier This Year

A 9x12 oil on panel painting that I did earlier this year at the Paint Factory in Gloucester, MA.

Another Paint Factory

The paint factory at Rocky Neck in Gloucester MA offers many opportunities to compose an interesting painting.  Here, I was intrigued by the contrast of the front building on the left with the water on the right, which occupies almost the same amount of picture real estate but represents something going back into the distance.  I also like the softer 'v' at the bottom with the more severe opposite 'v' of the factory roof.   This painting is a 22 x 28 inch oil on panel.

Presence

A studio painting of the Paint Factory at the end of Horton Street at Rocky Neck, Gloucester.  This building has presence.  Maybe location has something to do with it.  18x22 oil on panel.

Painting at the Paint Factory

Last Sunday I painted at the paint factory at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA.  It seems fitting.  This painting was done later in the afternoon when the sun was no longer shining on the building face that is viewable by land.  The superb Gloucester painter, Jeff Weaver, has painted the paint factory from his boat, showing the side where the letters "MANUFACTORY" and "ESTABLISHED 1863" are still visible on the building.  12x16 oil on panel.

Gloucester Icon

This is the first painting of a group that I did this past week at Rocky Neck in Gloucester, MA.  It depicts the iconic paint factory which manufactured copper paint for ship bottoms from 1863 to 1980.  Some of the buildings are gone, some restored, but this wonderful hulk patiently waits and watches.  12x 16 oil on panel.