Genesis
My artwork is created from places that I've visited, or experiences that have formed a part of my life since attending the University of Illinois in Architecture. The Silver King Mine painting from Park City Utah was a place my family spent exploring as my Dad led the Geology Field Camp for Purdue University.
current and recent work
Chicago Ave Brown Line Red Umbrella, Watercolor 2024, $1,500
Three Oaks Barns, Fall 2022
Kinzie St Railroad Bridge, 17x18", Watercolor 2022
19 Rue de Montreuil, Versailles, France, Watercolor, 11x16", September 2021
Bingo Grain Co., Watercolor, 24x18", 2021, $800
Bodie, California, 2021, 23"x17", $1,500
current and recent work
South Boulevard Beach, Evanston, IL, Watercolor, 16"x12", January, 2021
$1,000
recent work
City Pier, Canadaigua, New York, Watercolor, 14"x19", December, 2020
$1,000
Ryan Field Ticket Booth, Watercolor, 12x16", May 2021
$500
Menu / Price List
Available Giclee Prints Unframed
Full Size, Archival Quality Prints on Watercolor Paper, $200 per print
University of Illinois Power Plant 14"x17"
Painted during Grad School, updated in 2020
Kinzie Street Bridge 15"x20"
The bridge in front of my Apartment in Chicago, painted during the Pandemic
CAR TOWN, Western Ave, 2021, 17"x17"
A historic view from the archives painted in 2020
Ryan Field, Northwestern University, 2021, 12"x16"
Painting of a ticket booth from Dyche Stadium, a project I completed in 1997. Taken from a photo by Dave Jordano in 2021.
Wrigley Field, 1955 19"x12"
A historic view from the archives painted in 2020
Ukraine, 1974, 23"x17"
A historic view from the archives painted in 2020
Additional Giclee Prints-Unframed
Scanning required-allow an extra week for printing-ask about framing-$90 per print
St. Petersburgh Alley 17"x13"
From a trip in 2013
Canadaigua Pier 14"x19"
Finger Lakes, New York
Gilmore Gas Station, Los Angeles 18"x14"
Historic Gas Station from the Farmers Market
Please contact me thru the link on the website, or crockysmith@gmail.com for inquiries about original paintings, other works or framing
recent work
St. Petersburgh, Russia, 2007, Painted December, 2020
$600
Featured WORK
Gilmore Gas Station, Farmers Market, LA, 18"x14", 2020, $800
The Gilmore Gas Company was a unique Los Angeles institution. I believe the last station closed in 1945. Gilmore was a farmer that struck oil on his farm in LA, and the rest is history. I've always wanted to paint this view going back several years after visiting with my daughter.
Watercolors
I've been painting watercolors since college, with the caveat that there was a big gap in the work.
Saugatuck Motel
Watercolor, Saugatuck MI, 19"x14"
$500
Indianapolis Comfort Station
Watercolor, Indianapolis IN, 15"x10", Private Collection
Kinzie Street Bridge, Chicago
Watercolor view near my home in Chicago painted during the Covid Pandemic in the Summer of 2020. 16"x21"
Koln Cathedral Watercolor, 13"x22"
Painting of the Koln Cathedral, visited in the Fall of 1973, Painted in Grad School at the University of Illinois
Odessa, Ukraine Tomb, 15"x21"
Painting of a mausoleum in Odessa, Ukraine, visited in the Spring of 1974, Private Collection
Wyoming Farmhouse, 16"x20"
From one of many drives out west on the way to skiing in Utah or Jackson Hole, Private Collection
Willowbank Motor Court, 23"x16"
Gananoque, New York - from the banks of the St. Lawrence Seaway in New York, 2020, $400
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Watercolor, University Daze
Painting completed in Graduate School, Private Collection
Paxton, Illinois Terminal
Watercolor, 1972, Private Collection
Projects and photography
Northlight Theater
Griskelis + smith architects
Trienens Hall Football Practice Fieldhouse, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Russel Novak and Company, 225 West Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Citibank Prototype Bank, Highland Park, Illinois
loebl schlossman & hackl
College of DuPage, Student Services Center, Glenn Ellyn, Illinois
College of DuPage Culinary Hospitality Center, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
College of DuPage Student Services Center Atrium, Glen Ellyn, Illinois