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Today's Art Special is the latest oil painting in my Local Scenes series. I've been working on this one on and off for the last month and think I'm ready to call it finished. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "St. Louis Union Station Sunset" . 16" x 20" Oil on Canvas. . November 14, 2021. . #art #ArtSpecial #StLouis #UnionStationSTL #STL #STLLandscape #STLLandmark #LocalScenes #STLScene #artstagram #painting #OilPainting (at Union Station Saint Louis Mo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWRrqqkMVCx/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is my first Downtown St Louis oil painting. I found a lot of great photos to use as a reference but I really loved this sundrenched background shot from @parkerthefin I saw on the @downtownstlouis page. Hope you enjoy! . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "Downtown St. Louis" . 11" x 14" Oil on Canvas. . September 11, 2021. . #art #ArtSpecial #StLouis #STLLandscape #OilPainting #STLLandmark #landscape #Downtown #STL #STLScene #arch #gatewayarch #cityscape #stlproud #explorestlouis #314 #stlgram #oldcourthouse #artstagram #painting (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTsMgD4roOU/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is a study for the next oil painting in my Local Scenes series. I started out this drawing with an 8B pencil then decided to add a little color in. I'm probably going to paint it at dusk with lots of shadows and lights. . "Downtown St. Louis" . 9" x 9" pencil and cored pencil on 74gsm Sketchpad. . August 9, 2021. . #art #artspecial #artstagram #drawing #landscape #landmark #STLLandmark #STLLandscape #Downtown #StLouis #arch #gatewayarch #cityscape #citysketch #LocalScenes (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSYDdJ0jsdr/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is the newest oil painting in my Local Scenes series. Thought I should paint what I know so I painted this scene from my latest visit with @donutstl . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "St. Louis Hills Donut Shop" . 11" x 14" Oil on Canvas. . July 30 - August 4, 2021. . #art #ArtSpecial #artstagram #STLScene #STLArt #STLDonutShops #inspiration #OilPainting #HopperProcess #LocalScenes #STLLandscape #STLLandmark (at St. Louis Hills Donut Shop) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSKvMa6rybN/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is a sketch of a photo I took today on my STL Donut Tour! I decided that I needed to paint more Donut Shops so I'm going to start with the St. Louis Hills Donut Shop! I used oil pastels for this sketch since I haven't used them in a while. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "St. Louis Hills Donut Shop" . 9" x 12" oil pastels on newsprint . July 24, 2021. . #art #artspecial #artstagram #stlscene #stlart #STLDonutShops #OilPastelArt #inspiration #sketch (at St. Louis Hills Donut Shop) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRuQgPTDX1h/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is my recreation of one of my favorite Edward Hopper paintings from 1953. I like the shadows and lines in the composition and I sympathize with the feeling accompanying that vacant stare of the office worker. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "Office in a Small City (after Hopper)" . 16" x 20" oil on canvas. . July 13 - July 23, 2021. . #art #artspecial #artstagram #oilpainting #painting #EdwardHopper #OfficeInASmallCity #AmericanRealism #RecreatingModernArt #ModernArt #Realism #BlickArtMaterials #BlickStudioOils (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRsDcE-DM-o/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is a portrait of Captain Benjamin Briggs of the Mary Celeste. I got lost in this Nautical Mystery a couple weeks ago when I found out he was from my hometown in Massachusetts. I didn't see many portraits of him so I decided to paint one. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "Captain Benjamin Briggs " . 16" x 20" Oil on Canvas . . June 22 - July 6, 2021. . #art #ArtSpecial #portrait #PortraitArt #OilPainting #painting #NauticalArt #nautical #BenjaminBriggs #MaryCeleste #InSearchOf #Mystery #SippicanHistoricalSociety #Massachusetts (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRAgxkfDk-C/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is a watercolor painting of some donuts! . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "STL Donut Tour" . Daler Rowney Aquafine Watercolor on A5 300gsm Watercolor Paper. . June 28, 2021. . #art #artspecial #watercolor #watercolorart #donuts #donutlover #donutart #watercolors (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQr1sTqD7Y6/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is my drawing of Edward Hopper's 1927 oil painting. I've been working on this for a while off and on and still want to do an oil pastel version or maybe a watercolor. I like this painting. . Jeffrey Lowe (1989 - Present). . "The City (after Hopper)" . 11" x 14" pencil, charcoal, and black fineliner on 130gsm paper. . June 23, 2021. . #art #artspecial #artstagram #drawing #pencilandpaper #EdwardHopper #TheCity #AmericanRealism (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQeYNqNjuX3/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is the underdrawing for a new oil painting. Last week the universe decided that I needed to know the Mystery of the Mary Celeste. At least twice a day I would either hear about or be recommended a video, podcast, or article about it until I absorbed them all. I found out that the Captain of the ship, Benjamin Briggs, was from my hometown in Massachusetts with almost the same birthday, 150 years before me. I felt a strong need to paint his portrait so I drew this based on one of the only known pictures of him. It is NOT Abraham Lincoln. . It will probably take me a while to paint but this is where it starts. . "Captain Benjamin Briggs" . Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment Fineliner and Goldfaber 6B pencil on 16" x 20" canvas. . June 22, 2021. . #drawing #portrait #art #artspecial #inspiration #nautical #NauticalArt #BenjaminBriggs #MaryCeleste #underdrawing #portraitart #fabercastell #blackfineliner (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQcTtPcjtyj/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is a new oil painting I've been working on for a week or two. It has been a few years since I last did a space scene. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "A Phone Rings in the Distance" . 16" x 20" oil on canvas. . June 15, 2021. . #art #artspecial #artstagram #oilpainting #space #spacescene #planets #painting (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJ_SbnDoP8/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is a watercolor landscape from an afternoon in Tower Grove Park. I know my values are off, I was trying to lighten up a cloudy afternoon! . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "Afternoon in the Park" . 9" x 12" Watercolors on 300gsm cold press watercolor paper. . June 6, 2021. . #art #artspecial #watercolor #watercolorart #landscape #stlscene #stlparks #painting #paintings #artstagram #towergrovepark (at Tower Grove Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6CcgZDK0E/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is my newest oil painting in my Hopper Process. This is my version of Hopper's 1949 painting. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present) . "High Noon ( after Hopper)" . 11" x 14" oil on canvas. . May 17 - June 8, 2021. . #artspecial #art #oilpainting #AmericanRealism #EdwardHopper #modernart #realism #highnoon (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP4Nro6DPp1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today's Art Special is another Watercolor Painting in my Local Scenes series. This is the Gateway Arch from the Eads Bridge. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "Arch From the Eads Bridge" . Watercolor on A5 300gsm (CP). . May 11, 2021. . #artspecial #art #watercolorart #stlouis #stlouisarch #arch #eadsbridge #dalerrowney #aquafine #watercolors #landscape #landmark #stlscene #stlart #stlparks #painting #paintings #artstagram (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/COwDaxHj_Dk/?igshid=ly2stifak95e

Today's Art Special is the second piece in the 5th series of my Hopper Process. I have not done anything in oil pastels since last summer so I thought this piece of Edward Hopper's from 1924 would look good in them. . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "New York Pavements (after Hopper)" . 9" x 11" oil pastels on 300gsm paper. . April 11, 2021. . #artspecial #art #oilpastel #oilpastelart #AmericanRealism #EdwardHopper #streetscene #landscape #cityscape #modernart #newyork #newyorkpavements (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNjPoHyDjjN/?igshid=109f3tzkj9df4

Todays Art Special is a watercolor painting of a photo I saw on the Riverfront Times IG page. I think I'm going to work on this and either do a larger, more detailed watercolor or I might paint this in oils. Either way it is a nice addition to my Local Scenes Series. Original photo taken by @christurdo 📷 . Jeffrey Lowe (1980 - Present). . "Lafayette Square" . Watercolor and Black fineliner on A5 300gsm Watercolor Paper. . April 6, 2021. . #artspecial #art #watercolor #watercolorart #stl #stlouis #lafayettesquare #derwent #stlscene (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNWWdd8jntj/?igshid=qqq6b7fo4rxs