Chicago, Illinois m 312-509-1533

watercolor paintings

Showcasing watercolor paintings from my career in architecture and art

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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. For example, the Silver King Mine painting from Park City was a place my family had a connection to thru my Dad's Geology Field Camp for Purdue University.

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current and recent work

Three Oaks Barns, Fall 2022

Kinzie St Railroad Bridge, Watercolor, 17x18", February 2022. At one point the longest and heaviest

Kinzie St Railroad Bridge, 17x18", Watercolor 2022

View from my window in Versailles while living in France for my Senior year at University of Illinoi

19 Rue de Montreuil, Versailles, France, Watercolor, 11x16", September 2021

Road trip image from 1983, Oakton South Dakota

Bingo Grain Co., Watercolor, 24x18", 2021, $500

I've visited Bodie several times, starting back in the 60's as a young lad and then more recently on

Bodie, California, 2021, 23"x17", $800

Farm scene from downstate Illinois, returning to my painting roots.

Downstate Farm, Late Winter, 2021, Watercolor, 23"x12", $900

current and recent work

1969 Cougar Eliminator, Western Trip, 1976. Watercolor, 22"x15", January, 2021

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current and recent work

Lake Michigan has been such an important part of my life, from childhood, into adulthood, and raisin

South Boulevard Beach, Evanston, IL, Watercolor, 16"x12", January, 2021

$600

recent work

City Pier, Canadaigua, New York, Watercolor, 14"x19", December, 2020

$500

Ryan Field, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Ryan Field Ticket Booth, Watercolor, 12x16", May 2021

$500

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Available Giclee Prints Unframed

Full Size, Archival Quality Prints on Watercolor Paper, $100 per print

University of Illinois Power Plant, Champaign Urbana, Illinois (my alma mater)

University of Illinois Power Plant 14"x17"

Painted during Grad School, updated in 2020

Kinzie Street Bridge over the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois

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.

View of Wrigley Field circa 1950s. Streetcar line is along Addison, the car is headed east.

Wrigley Field, 1955 19"x12"

A historic view from the archives painted in 2020

Cold war visit to the Soviet Union in the Spring of 1974

Ukraine, 1974, 23"x17"

A historic view from the archives painted in 2020

Please contact me thru the link on the website, or crockysmith@gmail.com for inquiries about original paintings, other works or framing

recent work

While on a trip to Russia in 2007, I passed by this side street, with the typical polychromatic stuc

St. Petersburgh, Russia, 2007, Painted December, 2020

$600

Watercolor Gallery

University of Illinois Power Plant, Champaign

$700

Featured WORK

Gilmore Gas Station, Farmers Market, Los Angeles
Watercolor, 2020

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.