The Brook - SOLD

Here's the latest addition to the "Tulsa Brick x Brick" series.  I've been enjoying touring Brookside - lots of great architecture there.  I love all the "Art Moderne" style in Brookside, it gives it such a hip feel.  Seeing the newer structures reflect that same feeling is really nice.

Who can resist neon I ask?  Those curving neon lights lead the eye to the marquee and up to that fantastic sign with its super cool lettering (which was extra fun to paint).  There's no question that The Brook holds a strong place in the series.  It just feels happy.  I can remember going to see Eddie and the Ecclectics back in the late 80s - what a fun show!

According to the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture website, The Brook was originally built in 1949 as Brook Theater and was designed by William Henry Cameron Calderwood, an architect who was born in Ireland in 1899.  You can read more about Mr. Calderwood here.  Now The Brook is a restaurant and it's a pleasure to enjoy sitting in a place with such history enjoying a meal with friends.

I know that this painting is apt to spark lots of wonderful stories from the past and the present!  I chose a wonderful, bright palette with vivid greens to showcase that signage and neon.  The transparent  greens just worked so well even in the shadows.  Juxtaposing complimentary reds against all that green in the focal area really makes the greens pop even more.  Just what one would expect of such luminous signage.  This painting was a complete joy to paint from start to finish.  It's acrylic on 9 x 12" panel like the others in the series.