Post 378: Washington DC Seasons Series - A Capital Summer

Painting Name: A Capital Summer

What says summer in Washington DC better than fireworks? This painting is the fourth in my Washington DC Seasons Series that features the US Capital from the Eastern side with a back drop of Fourth of July fireworks, celebrating Independence Day.

SKU: 05R25ACG

Medium: Acrylic

Size: 12x16x1.5 Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas

Edition Year: 2025

Framed?: No

Commissioned? Yes

SOLD

What Brought About this Painting?

This is the fourth in a series of paintings of various Washington DC locations in all four seasons featuring 4 different spots in the Nation's Capital. I'm not sure we knew that the first commission would grow as it has, but the first request came from a visitor to the Open Space Arts gallery that the Prince William Art Society once staffed for our members and artists living all around Prince William County. This newfound friend in Alexandria, VA loved a painting I did of the spring cherry blossoms in DC that featured the Washington Monument, but he wanted a different size than the previous work.

The first in the series was "Cherry Blossoms an Annual DC Event"

I was contacted by my friend again, with the request for Washington DC in the winter, thus the next season was born.

The second was "White House Having a White Christmas"

The third of the series was "Lincoln Memorial in the Fall"

Each of the Washington DC Series is 12x16x1.5 and is created with Acrylics and Acrylic Pens. Those acrylic fine point pens are great for getting edges and details exactly where I want them.

Painting in Progress Images…

Watch the painting as it progresses!

Sketching in begins

If we're doing fireworks, we must have a dark enough sky to see said fireworks

Some lights are on, some are off, the night shadows begin to take shape along with various columns, windows, steps and more. Makes you wonder who is in their working that time of night...

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 10:38am

Perhaps to the blog viewer, it may not be a lot of difference between the last several photos, but as an artist, I know there is. The process of fine tuning the windows, lights and shadows are layers and layers of paint and acrylic pens. The T Square comes out, the paint - dry - paint - dry - paint - dry, is ongoing. And I absolutely have to blow the pictures up on the PC periodically to see the details to see the true what and where things begin and end - and what the heck is in that nook and cranny! 

May 27, 2025 6:57pm

May 29, 2025 9:01pm. The fireworks art starting to blast off into the sky. I'll put in a picture when they start looking like something.

May 30, 2025 9:46am. And we got fireworks! Still in progress...

And we have a Capital Summer! Varnish will begin tomorrow. What do you think?

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