The Anderson Art Center | Kenosha, Wisconsin

September 12- October 17, 2021

I am one of four printmakers from the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative to be featured at the Anderson Art Center.

15 etching and watercolors of Chicago and Evanston will be in this show.


Anderson Arts Center

121 66th St, Kenosha, WI

Open Tuesday - Sunday 1pm - 4pm

Northwestern University
University and Harris Halls
Evanston
etching 5 x 7 inches

Cloud Gate, Millenium Park
Chicago 

The City Restored

Sweet Home.  Chicago

The city has its roots in the soil of the American Prairie.  But the people who came here speak the world’s languages.  The city grew to the heavens in the 20^th century but kept its feet on the ground.  It’s still a city that works: brash, gritty, but filled with beauty that can take your breath away.  It is as rough as a steelworker’s hands and as soft as a spring breeze off Lake Michigan, sweetening every street corner.

From a 1990 Chicago Tribune article 

Regeneration is the theme for this bas relief at the Michigan Avenue bridge-tender.

This bas relief from 1924 called "Regeneration" is dedicated to the women and men that brought the city back from the great fire. 

This art by James Earl Fraser and Henry Hering adorns the river's bridge-tender on the southeast side of the DuSable bridge at Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue.

My prints of this historic site are shown below.

This is a limited edition print that frames to 12 x 9 inches.    Plate 124

This is a hand colored print that frames to 12 x 9 inches.   Plate 124

This is a print with chine colle that frames to 12 x 9 inches.    Plate 124

My newest set of note cards, Set Q will be available soon and they are views of the city from my etchings.

Set Q

 Chicago ...a Skyline from the lakeside Adler Planetarium.

Cloud Gate, a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza in Millennium Park.  It was built in 2004-2006.

The Newberry Library in Washington Square Park was established in 1887 as an independent research library specializing in the humanities.

Riverside Canyons pictures the Chicago River splitting the developing Wacker Drive buildings south along the river.

Chicago

Cloud Gate

the Newberry Library

Riverside Canyons

Pitchers and Catchers report! February 2019

It is that time again and Chicago major league baseball fans await to see baseball headlines as their teams report for spring practice.  "Pitchers and Catchers Report" is the first sign that we are getting ready to start the 2019 season.

Enjoy my new etchings of Guarantee Rate Field and Wrigley Field 

and the historic pregame quote from Cub's longtime public address announcer Pat Pieper:

"Attention.....attention please.....have your pencils ....and scorecards ready..... for the correct lineups..... for today's ballgame"!



                                 This is Wrigley Field

Plate 159
Aquatint Etching with hand coloring
6 x 12 inches

                   


                         Home of the Chicago White Sox

Plate 163
Aquatint Etching with hand coloring
8 x 10 inches

                        

                  1060 West Addison from the "L"  
                            Home of the Chicago Cubs

Plate 027
Aquatint Etching with hand coloring and Pat Pieper quote
7.25 x 10.75 inches

Addison and Sheffield Home of the Chicago Cubs from the "L"

Plate 028
Aquatint Etching with hand coloring
7 x  9.5 inches

The White Sox Park and a Chicago skyline from Parking Lot E

Plate 118
Aquatint Etching with hand coloring
4.75 x 7 inches

The irreplaceable Sawbridge Studioes in Hubbard Woods is closing in April.

Here is their announcement:

Yup. You read that right. It’s time.

For twenty-five years we have had the privilege of working with the greatest customers and finest artisans we could have ever imagined. And, many of these fine people have become good friends in the process. That’s something we treasure most.

We have made the difficult decision to step away from our physical retail operations and put our primary business focus on our website,sawbridge.com. There we hope to build our web presence and further develop our corporate gift and reward program.

During this transition period and starting immediately, you can look for some incredible values on our remaining floor stock.
Stop into the Winnetka store for details.

Thank you all for 25 great years. 

Bill and Paul

Welcome to Bridgeport ...Chicago.

You may have been to 35th and Shields to see the White Sox play baseball but have you visited  the nearby Bridgeport Art Center?

Come to see wonderful art from over 75 artists presented as:

         CHICAGO: INsideOUT

An exhibition highlighting stark contrasts in the urban landscape and the culturally diverse human experience of Chicago.

I have 5 Chicago Etchings in the exhibit.

 

Bridgeport Art Center

1200 W. 35th St., Chicago, IL
35th Street and Racine 

3rd Floor Gallery

Free parking on North side of BAC. Enter from East side. 

Take elevator to 3^rd Floor

Collectors’ Preview:

Friday September 21st 2018 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Opening Reception:

Friday, September 21st, 2018 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Closing Reception:

                Friday, October 19th, 2018 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

A Print from the Serio Collection "Chicago from Within"

My newest etching is from the collection of urban scenes called Chicago from Within by the photographer Stephen Serio. Steve has been able to create images of Chicago that I admire and that inspire me to create prints that reflect the tone of Chicago.

A sunny morning in Daley Plaza  depicts a traveler moving through this city intersection with the help of a green light and the surrounding building's reflected light.

Aquatint etching is 10" x  9"
with hand coloring

                                                                                                                                                                            Chicago from Within

The vantage points chosen – street level and the top levels of parking garages throughout Chicago’s “Loop” – enabled for a deconstruction of the cityscape, focusing on details and cross-sections, some uniquely Chicago, and others exhibiting a universal “urban-ness.”  The familiar views of street and skyline have been traded for the “mid-section” of the city, inviting the viewer to explore the world between the penthouse and the pothole.

   

Aquatint Etching Prints by Dennis B. O’Malley

Pitchers and Catchers Report

It is that time of year for fans of Chicago big league baseball. Spring baseball training begins as pitchers and catchers report to their respective training camps in Mesa, Arizona for the Chicago Cubs and Glendale, Arizona for the Chicago White Sox. 

 

My etchings of Chicago Cub and White Sox ball parks are available now.

 

 

Guaranteed Rate Park home of the Chicago White Sox is known as Comiskey Park to some fans and White Sox Park to others.

This etching is hand-colored and framed in walnut burl veneer 12" x 16"

Wrigley Field home of the Chicago Cubs is also known as Cubs Park.  
This etching is hand-colored and framed in walnut burl veneer 14" x 18"
Pat Pieper's famous daily pregame announcement is also hand-lettered on each print

1060 West Addison from the "L" platform - Home of the Chicago Cubs 
This etching is hand colored and framed in walnut burl veneer 11"x 14"
Pat Pieper's famous daily pregame announcement is also hand-lettered on each print

           
MORE Pitchers and Catchers Images 

See a sample of the frame and matting

More Pitchers and Catchers

 
Wrigley Field from the "L" platform at Addison and Sheffield Avenue 
This etching is hand-colored and framed in walnut burl veneer 11" x 14"
Pat Pieper's famous daily pregame announcement can be added 

Chicago from the "L" platform at Addison and Sheffield Avenue 
This etching is hand-colored and framed in walnut burl veneer 9" x 12"
Pat Pieper's famous daily pregame announcement can be added

Chicago Parking Lot E  Guaranteed Rate Field 
This etching is hand-colored and framed in walnut burl veneer 9" x 12" 

 

Home of the Chicago White Sox Parking Lot E
This etching is hand-colored and framed in walnut burl veneer 11" x 14" 
 

Two New Framed Etchings at Sawbridge Studios

Two New Etchings from my series "On the Chicago River" are on sale at Sawbridge Studios in Hubbard Woods. Each limited edition etching is framed to 10" x 10" in light mahogany wood.


This etching shows the "canyon of skyscrapers" on the river from Wolf Point at Wacker Drive and Franklin Street.

Aquatint etching with chine colle

One etching depicts a view of the skyscrapers from the pedestrian walkway under the "L" at Wells Street.

Aquatint etching with hand coloring