Showing posts with label city. Show all posts
Showing posts with label city. Show all posts

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Golden Gate Fog

Golden Gate Fog (Acrylic on canvas 35" x 25" x 1.5")
by Herbert Chow


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I love fog. It is captivating, mystical and healing at the same time. Dense fog on the Golden Gate Bridge is a typical summer weather pattern in the Bay area. The two sea gulls appear to sense the incoming evening fog and make a dash to get away from it. Low clouds covering the San Francisco coastline often accompany dense fog in summer evening. The low hanging clouds regularly bring high winds and chill air so familiar to residents in the area. All of a sudden, I have the urge to bundle up.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Early Manhattan Morning


Early Manhattan Morning (35" x 25" 1.5" Acrylic on Canvas) 

by Herbert Chow


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Manhattan Bridge is known for the stunning views of the Lower Manhattan skyline and, of course, great variety of graffiti on the rooftops of Chinatown. At the sea level and up close, I also marvel at the gorgeous sturdy design of the bridge metal infrastructure. At this early hour, only a handful of pedestrians are seen. The dense fog cloaks the early morning sun, reduces the surrounding buildings into overlapping silhouettes, and makes the towering bridge deck more impressive.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Evening at Eiffel Tower


Evening At Eiffel Tower (Acrylic on Canvas 38" x 48" x 1.5")
by Herbert Chow



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Eiffel Tower is a cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable iron lattice structures in the world. There are many images of the tower taken from all sides but the “belly” view is kind of rare. I draw the well-lit tower from a low angle accentuating the height of the structure. The thin, wispy blue cirrus clouds in the background are in high contrast with the brightly lit and muscular iron tower. Pedestrian traffic under the tower is quite sparse at this early evening hour. In this painting, there are definitely more pigeons than humans.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Dubai Above Fog


Dubai Above Fog (Acrylic on Canvas 35"x25"1.5")
by Herbert Chow


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“Dubai Above Fog” is the third of 6 paintings out of my City Skyline Collection. We are heading over to Paris next.

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

New York at Dawn



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New York at Dawn (Acrylic on Canvas 35"x 25"x 1.5") 
by Herbert Chow

“NYC at Dawn” is the first of 6 paintings out of my City Skyline Collection. Stay tune for my rendition of "Hong Kong at Sunset".

Cloud formation, wave and fog are my favorite abstract objects. All these elements are present In this painting. At this early hour, NYC is still shrouded with a thick grayish marine layer concealing the ground of the Statue of Liberty Monument. The early sun casts a hazy yellow highlight on the city skyline through the marine layer. Above the marine layer, I draw the sky using different shades of cerulean and light blue giving hint of what to come after the fog is gone. The yellow highlights in the marine layer serve to connect the Statue of Liberty and the Freedom Tower (in the middle of the skyline) with a resilient spiritual link between them. This is the dawn of a new day in NYC with Statue of Liberty and Freedom Tower leading the charge.