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NEW VIDEO -- Give A Unique, Affordable, And Memorable Gift This Holiday Season
December 1st, 2011
Give A Unique, Affordable, And
Memorable Gift This Holiday Season!
Recently I uploaded a new video to YouTube that you may enjoy.
CLICK HERE to view it.
Warmest Season's Greetings To You!
J. Loren Reedy
website: JLorenReedy.com
Give The Gift Of Fine Art Prints
October 25th, 2011
GIVE THE GIFT OF FINE ART PRINTS!
Looking for a unique, affordable gift this coming Holiday season? Give the gift of fine art to the special people on your holiday list.
Chicago artist J. Loren Reedy is offering high quality prints of some of his most popular paintings from "The City at Night" series, starting as low as $29! These fine art reproductions are gorgeous! They are printed on high quality paper or canvas.
You get a 30-day, no hassle, money back guarantee on...
Celebration City From The City At Night Series
October 15th, 2011
"Celebration City"
There's something exciting going on in this city. It's a celebration! You can feel it in the air. You can see it in the hustle and bustle. This print celebrates the city and the thrill and pleasure of being in the midst of it all.
This artwork is a bold and wild departure from my normal style of painting city scenes. In the original I used gobs of glorious color to add texture to the surface in order to create a dynamic impression of the Chicago skyline. ...
Chicago Skyline - Evening Approaches
October 14th, 2011
"CHICAGO SKYLINE – EVENING APPROACHES"
I’ve been wanting to paint this view of the city for a number of years. To my knowledge, It’s the most breath-taking skyline view of any city in the world. Lucky me, I happen to live in that city.
However, be that as it may, the painting is really more about the light than it is about the city.
Capturing the light of a certain time of the day is always a delightful challenge for any painter, whether it be...
Chicago Water Tower At Night Painting
October 1st, 2011
"CHICAGO WATER TOWER AT NIGHT"
One of the most famous landmarks in Chicago is the old water tower which stands proudly on Michigan Avenue, sometimes referred to as The Magnicent Mile. The Water Tower is one of just five public buildings to survive the Chicago fire in 1871, and the only public building in the burned zone to survive.
In the years since the fire, the tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and of the city's recovery from the fire. It remains today as an...
NEW--City At Night Prints Now Available
September 26th, 2011
"THE CITY AT NIGHT" PRINTS
I'm very excited to announce that prints of the images in my popular YouTube® video are now available for the first time! If you've not seen the video yet Click Here to watch it.
These are ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, high quality prints which are available in a variety of styles. You can get a canvas print mounted on stretcher bars, a frame print with your choice of 9 different frame styles and 18 colors to choose from, a standard paper print with 7...
September 17th, 2011
"ON BELMONT"
Belmont Avenue is the gateway to Chicago's Lakeview East neighborhood. In Lakeview you can find restaurants serving just about any kind of food you want. It is the home of a number of cabarets and professional/community theaters. It hosts the Chicago Cubs at historic Wrigley Field. And Lakeview has been recognized by the city as a hub of Chicago's gay night life.
As exciting as all of this is, in this painting is wanted to capture time of the day as much as the...
The City At Night Paintings. . .Chicago Skyline At Night
September 15th, 2011
This spectacular view of Chicago at night is a quintessential image of the city reflected in Lake Michigan. "Big John" (the John Hancock Building ) stands tall on the city's north side and is one of Chicago's most famous landmarks.
This painting was an experiment for me. I knew I wanted to try a new "loose" way of painting but I wasn't at all certain how it would turn out.
I started out giving the entire canvas a pinkish undercoat which I later...
Reflections On The Lakeview East Festival Of The Arts
September 15th, 2011
This past weekend (September 10-11) I participated in my final art fair of the Summer. The Lakeview East Festival of the Arts is one of my favorites so it's a good way to end the season. It sends me into the Fall and Winter with lots of positive energy about my art career. I was in six fairs in all from June to September.
One of the reasons I like this fair is that a number of my paintings depict scenes one can view in the Lakeview East neighborhood. It's also satisfying when people...
Chicago Artist J Loren Reedy -- Paintings For People Who Love Color. . .
September 15th, 2011
Welcome to my new blog! I am Chicago artist J. Loren Reedy. As the title of this post says I create paintings for people who love color. First of all, let me thank you for taking time visit my blog. I hope you'll return often and tell others about it as well.
Here I'll be sharing lots of information for people who are interested in art:
• I'll share many of the paintings I have created along with short stories about them and how they came to be.
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