Carol Steinberg

  • About
    • Resume
    • Bio
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
  • Roses

Eastern Building From 9th St.: First Prize!

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Carol Steinberg

Warning: Use of undefined constant email - assumed 'email' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/clsteinberg/webapps/wp02/wp-content/plugins/enhanced-paypal-shortcodes/enhanced-paypal-shortcodes.php on line 284

Warning: Use of undefined constant currencycode - assumed 'currencycode' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /home/clsteinberg/webapps/wp02/wp-content/plugins/enhanced-paypal-shortcodes/enhanced-paypal-shortcodes.php on line 285

 

Eastern Building from 9th, oil, 12 x 9, framed, $540

Eastern Building from 9th, oil, 12 x 9, framed, $540

Downtown LA Plein Air Festival again–this time with B doing the driving while we scouted locations.  Passed by an incredible area of fabric stores–unlike anything I’ve ever seen and  had no idea it was there after 30 years of living here.  At around 9th and Santee.  Looked like I imagine Istanbul looks.  Anyway, not too far from there we found a relatively quiet street with a meter at $4/hr.  So I set up.  Sometime during the process some kids came by and gave me a compliment.  Next thing you know, one of them literally skateboarded into my set up sending my turps, paints, etc. flying. Luckily, neither I nor my painting were hurt, unless a near heart attack counts.  Have I mentioned that plein air painting is not for the faint of heart?  At some point, an African American gentleman wearing a suit and driving a black Mercedes pulled up and got out to talk to me. He said he wished he had a gift.  I tried to tell him it’s more about hard work, but people never want to hear that, so he took off.  I painted this building many years ago from an office building window and one of the lawyers  that worked there purchased it, so of course I have a fondness for it…and besides, it’s a cool color to play with, kind of like pistachio ice cream.

News flash:  I typed this up on Saturday night but was too tired to post it with the image.  Since then this piece won me First Prize in the First LA Plein Air Festival that ended this Sunday and hundreds of dollars of art supplies.  Yippee!

Posted in Blog | Tags: 12 x 9 oil, cityscape, plein air, price $540 |
« Spring and 8th
Chinatown Corner near Foo Chow »

Leave a comment Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER
Jump on the list to be the 1st to know about special events and receive special prices!

* = required field

Testimonials

Love your beautiful paintings, Carol! Looking at them put a smile on my face today. It’s a gorgeous world you paint! Hugs,
— Chellie Campbell, Bestselling Author, The Wealthy Spirit and Zero to Zillionaire