Up Oreo Road

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I actually began painting “Up Oreo Road” over 15 years ago and laid it aside.  Other paintings and things of interest stole my energy for it, and consequently then that incomplete, four-foot-wide canvas, bounced around my studio for all those very many years.  After some time it was discovered within my studio by a close friend and neighbor who fell in love with the prospect of its completion, … and therefore, after much provoking and prodding over time by him, I revisited it and completed the canvas it in 2013.   I’m so happy I did!

The first  print within the Artist Proof Edition (AP) was offered to John, … as was the first print of the Regular Edition even before I finished the painting.  It was his choice, and he chose for himself the first Artist Proof .   A very special, “Thank you John!”,  goes out to a fine friend for his insightful persistence.  It has caused me to make this and other such paintings into a series.

“Up Oreo Road”  was inspired by a copy of a public advertisement obtained by me at a yard sale.  The setting in which you find it painted  comes purely from fiction by way of the many wonderful memories I’ve enjoyed over the years when such types of advertisements were displayed along our American roadways.  Where Oreo cookies may not have ever been advertised in that exact manner, they surely should have been in my opinion.

“Up Oreo Road” takes me back to a better time, … and to me there is nothing more American that what we were privileged to view back then out along our country’s rambling roadways.  I am pleased to add “Up Oreo Road” to my “American Road Sign Series” depicting such times and places, … they’ll be more to come.

DETAILS

Original work: Oil on Canvas
Original size: 48” x 27”
OFFERED IN GICLEE LIMITED EDITION
Edition size: 400 Regular and 25 Artist Proofs (AP) Except Miniatures.
Giclee Image Dimension: 31” x 18” (or contact the Artist)
Archival Mat or Stretched Canvas
Pricing: Archival Mat $135.00 + Shipping and Handling
Stretched Canvas $235.00 + Shipping and Handling
(Add $15.00 for Artist Proofs when offered) (Tax where required)

Hays to You!

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If there was ever a product more widely depicted on road signs along rural America than Coca-Cola, I don’t know what it would be.  Notwithstanding those of Bull Durham and Burma Shave perhaps!  Oh how eagerly and carefully I looked for those Burma Shave signs to appear as a boy!

I painted “Hays to you!“  back in 1992 where the original has hung in our living room ever since.  In 2013, after completion of “Up Oreo Road” I decided to make such paintings as these into an on-going series and to bring them out to all of you in Giclee print.   Please look for more of these offerings within this “American Road Sign Series”.

“Hays to you!”  was painted as I was inspired from a Coca-Cola serving tray that I found somewhere in my travels.  The girl seemed to be saluting me from it.  A peaceful hay field then seemed to me a great sitting for this pretty girl with the hi-held glass.    The grandiose barn across the golden field is fictional, and seemed grand enough to display this painted toast to all of you.   Hays to you, America!

DETAILS

Original work: Oil on Canvas
Original size: 24” x 30”
OFFERED IN GICLEE LIMITED EDITION
Edition size: 400 Regular and 25 Artist Proofs (AP) Except Miniatures.
Giclee Image Dimension: 16” x 20” (or contact the Artist)
Archival Mat or Stretched Canvas
Pricing: Archival Mat $100.00 + Shipping and Handling
Stretched Canvas $205.00 + Shipping and Handling
(Add $15.00 for Artist Proofs when offered) (Tax where required)