Oil Painting | Ophir
Oil Painting | Ophir
$6,000+-
My sister in gave me an interesting image of an old movie theater we knew. The image had been constructed with facets. I asked John if he could make a painting similar to this. He said yes but he wanted to give the idea a more exciting structure using a variety of other images. Moving toward this commission we reviewed digital sketches that showed me what the painting would look like. I gave him the go ahead, and he went to work. I even got to see the painting in his studio a couple of times before it was complete. It was a pleasure to be included. He also posted the progressive images on the web as he got closer to completion. Palace now hangs in my dining room and invokes fond memories for me of going to movies with my sister.
A collector of mine is married to a man who loves the trains of old Colorado, and specifically the line that ran from Telluride to Dolores, the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. I was commissioned to paint a painting of the Ophir Loop. Working from old photos and postcards I built up a drawing looking up the Howard Fork of the San Miguel river. The town of Ophir is barely visible in the large yellow meadow in the middle distance. The painting is oil paint on stretched linen.
Dimensions: 52"x38"
Made in Denver, CO
By John Boak Art
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