I am still working on it...its oil on canvas and approximately 8' x 5'.
So yea...its a bit of work...
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Welcome to Buena Park
Its a start....if you zoom in on the schematic to the left the full layout can be seen. If ya can't zoom then....hold your horses it will be done soon enough.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Sacred Show
I will have art in the show, if you stop by I can take you one floor below for a Littleton Arts Uptown studio visit...good times!
I will have art in the show, if you stop by I can take you one floor below for a Littleton Arts Uptown studio visit...good times!
Art + Politics = Public Art
10/10/2012
Public art needs public funds...and private. That is why Littleton Arts Uptown does politics.
Any questions? Ok...this guy has one......
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Artwork Re-interpreted by a Broken Camera-Phone.
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2012 Oil on canvas
And once completed and photographed with a normal camera it looks like this.....
And once completed and photographed with a normal camera it looks like this.....
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Open Studio Days
I'll be opening up the new studio as part of the Open House Chicago.
Read more about it at this link:
http://www.openhousechicago.org/
And here is a link to a list of other Uptown locations and times...
http://www.uptownupdate.com/2012/09/open-house-chicago-coming-october-13-14.html
And here is a link to a list of other Uptown locations and times...
http://www.uptownupdate.com/2012/09/open-house-chicago-coming-october-13-14.html
This is the main auditorium, there is also a theater upstairs (National Pastime) and they are opening a new show soon, a musical about Pres. Andrew Jackson...why not?
To get to my studio you have to cut across the upper balcony...easy.
This is me sketching a belly dancer on the stage above....again...why not?
See ya there!
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Experts Agree...LAU Murals are Sexy!
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The Polk Street Pub 540 W. Polk Street in beautiful Chicago
Make yourself and your customers happy and commission a Littleton Art Uptown mural today...we are sexy and you know it!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Sign Painting in Chinatown
Some pigments are more fugitive the others...in this case red. This sign has been swinging gently in the heart of Chinatown on the 200 block of W. Cermak since 1969. It looks like a wee bit of pruning is called for as well.
Bark Lee Tong...a one stop shop.
Bark Lee Tong...a one stop shop.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The Aster Playlot Mural in Uptown
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2012
This is about half of the mural painted in the behind the Aster play-lot in Uptown. The owner of the adjacent apartment building has been rolling over graffiti for about 20 years now so he took it upon himself to hire an artist to improve it once and for all. We hope. It is great Uptown has people like the property owner who is funding this on his own initiative and giving a local artist (me) something to do.
Typically in Chicago the taggers and other graffiti practitioners avoid defacing art, it still happens but not much, either way if your going to paint outside in the public way it is good to accept that risk with a zen-like attitude of the impermanence of all things.. I hope people enjoy it before that happens if it does, the kids seem to like it so I'm happy.
More pictures to come...its hard to photograph because its wider ("30') then the space to back up enough for a full shot.
I am starting a new mural next week in a more auspicious location in Uptown.
* Below is an "in process photo", updated photo coming soon.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
The Darkening Skies Over Uptown
A fast moving storm passing over my studio....much needed in this dry as toast summer we are having.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
How Uptown Bikes Downtown
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2012
The lakefront bike path connects Uptown peddle-pushers to Downtown.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Montrose Harbor Sparrow
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2012
In the winter the birds of Uptown Chicago almost have the entire lakefront to themselves. Unluckily for the humble Sparrow that would include the Peregrine Falcon and a big Arctic Snow Owl with a hearty appetite, this year wintering in the Windy City.
The Sparrows know, stay in the trees.......
Friday, February 10, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
January Skyline from Uptown
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2012
The Chicago skyline in January monotone mode.
We need that occasional colorful sunset, a vivid imagination, and a sense of humor to make it to Spring.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Giraffe and the Rat
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2012
The Giraffe and the Rat are neither friend nor foe.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Uptown's Aragon Ballroom...Hop on the Bus and Party With Us
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Chicago Holiday Train!
Speeding on its way north beneath downtown Chicago. The holiday train is a colorful break from the routine.....Friday, December 16, 2011
Littleton Arts Over Uptown
Photo Credit: Jeffrey Littleton
I took these photos from a Cessna at about a 1000' from over west Lakeview. The plane is owned and operated by talented aerial photographer and pilot Allan Goldstein who invited me along.
You can see in the top photo Sheridan Park section between the cemeteries of Graceland and St. Boniface, my home neighborhood. It was a bumpy ride up the last week, gusty 30+ mph gusts. I still got off a few shots with the Blackberry!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Uptown the Morning After......
Artist: Jeffrey Littleton 2011
This is a quick sketch from a photo I saw in the Uptownupdate blog. It would make a nice painting I thinks........
I made a coupla change like changing the "WIGS" on the sign to "UPTOWN" and moving Uptown Bikes over a bit.
On the same block we had a Hollywood-style barricade situation, as you can clearly see all is well and good again!