End of the Alleyway Canvas Print

Every time I passed this alley I would get the urge to paint it. I finally got around to it. Because I was parked in the alley and blocking traffic I drew quickly. I later went over the ink drawing with watercolors. I like the way it reminds me of the Ashcan School in terms of subject and spontaneity.

Arthur Barnes is a artist who works in a variety of mediums including ink, watercolor, pastels and oils. He prefers to work directly from life and his favorite subjects are landscapes with an emphasis on nocturnes and scenes of the Erie Canal. Arthur has had little formal training but was fortunate to study a year under Juanita Greene Parks in 1982. She had studied under Reginald Marsh and Robert Brackman. Brackman was a student of Ashcan artist/ teacher Robert Henri. Since that time, Arthur has been on a consistent course of self-training in art with an emphasis on learning through experience much like the Ashcan artists. "You learn to draw. . .by drawing," his teacher often recited. Artists Statement on Nocturnes "Half of our...