Giclee Prints
"Working Hydrant", 18
x 24, acrylic on canvas
Fire and Water
At first, I was simply attracted
to the colors and shapes. San Francisco has a tremendous variety
in its fire hydrants. Then, wondering what the colors and shapes
might mean, I visited the web (FireHydrant.org)
and I was hooked. Both the history and the technical aspects
of Fire Hydrants are as interesting as their appearance. Friends
started sending me photos of their local hydrants from Europe,
Canada, and all over the U.S. It's impossible for me not to notice
hydrants now. Which soon led me to start looking at fire boxes,
fire engines, and so on....
The "Fire and Water" show will open Thursday, January 31, 2002 at HANG at the Canvas Gallery in San Francisco. Come anytime, but the reception is 7 - 9pm. Capt. Willis Lamm of the Moraga-Orinda Fire District and technical advisor to FireHydrant.org will be there on Opening Day to tell you everything you always wanted to know about fire hydrants!
Meanwhile, here are some
of the paintings...
 "Engine Co. 23" |
 "Atlas" |
 "Clement Red" |
 "Embarcadero Green" |
 "Engine Bell" |
 "Take Me to Your Leader" |
 "Gold Standard" |
 "Red and White" |
 "Fulton Street" |
 "Santa Cruz Orange" |
 "SFFD E-26" |
 "Ocean Beach Yellow" |
 "SFFD 6" |
 "On the Line" |
|
 "Fragment 1" |
 "Sunset Firebox" |
 "Noriega Firebox" |
 "White" |
 "Santa Cruz Yellow" |
 "Red and Blue at de Young" |
