Waiting In Tubes

When I first started this painting 12 years ago I thought it was the best thing that ever happened to paint and, "weren't all those little pigment particles so lucky to be a part of this moment."  Then I woke up the next morning after the paint dried, the turpentine I used evaporated, and the magic left, I hated it.  I felt like a dope to make such a horrible painting.  I hung on to the moment I felt with it for years. I tried to go back and fiddle around with it but the moment I originally had with it was to be lost forever.  Recently after staring at it in my unfinished pile I decided to come to terms with it and rectify this sad painting in my studio.  Turkey Umber and Zinc White came crashing in.   
Maybe the moment I originally had with it wasn't technically executed well with my novice abilities.  It's ok.  Nature is still there.  Paint is still waiting in the tubes wanting to be mastered and realized in great moments.

Live Free or Die

Ventured up north with a couple of good friends to visit another. New Hampshire is an interesting slice of humanity and nature. Up there you have some very liberal, anti-fed, friendly folks. Couple that with amazing landscape and some of the largest mountains on the east coast. Away from the South Philly smog and oil refineries. Away from the midnight shout fight on our street. They never have to lock their doors or look at a menu at the diner down the street. They know what they want and its hardly anything at all. Its simple unadulterated life without anyone elses hand in their pot.

Follow this link for more of the trip http://www.flickr.com//photos/jimcoughlin/sets/72157627944522828/show/

If you're in the area:

http://tamworthlyceum.com/


Katie's Kitchen

And just about any peak you can find a trail head at!

September Lately

Painting on a Tuesday

Still Lives Appreciated

South Philly Handlettering

These guys just took the Irene Plywood off their windows. I love how someone is taking such good care of this empty bakery. Its kinda like a monument of what they had.


Is this address still some sort of foundery building? Grate is at 18th and Passyunk.
Photo shoot interlude

Photo shoot interlude #2


Love, Jim

A Cross Section From the Summer

I finished a few more paintings the other day.

Outside This Summer

Spending more time outside doing artwork this summer. I figure if I toss in a bit of outdoor pieces that makes that much less time making more artwork that just sits in my basement studio. This one is at Frankford between Girard and Delaware Ave. on what is called Bookspace. With their permission the good people in Bookspace allowed me to do whatever I wanted.
I love working outside. People come by to talk, just watch, offer coconut water and other pleasantries. Bookspace's neighbors "The Lighting Emporium" proposed a piece outside their space. More on that soon I hope.

Paintings Together at Last

At last I have all my paintings organized a little better together on my flickr account as follows:
Oil Paintings
Watercolors
Puddle Paintings
Stencils
I'll be adding more to these folders and reposting these links as I go.

4/7/11

More moments not caught on camera in order to share those moments. It was well worth it.