"Ferry People"

I posted these black and white paintings of people on the Golden Gate Ferry cicra 1936 on Facebook.

The paintings received a lot of attention so I'm adding prices for them.  My father took these photos as he took the ferry to work from Oakland to San Francisco.  He watch the entire Oakland ~ San Francisco Bridge being built 

Top "Before the Bridge" 

Oil on Canvas

18" x 24"

$450

Middle "The commute"

Oil on Canvas

16" x 20"

$350

Bottom "Lost in Thought"

Oil on Canvas

6" x 6"

$50

"Ferry People"

I have a fascination with the photograph my father took in the thirties while ride the ferry boat from Oakland to San Francisco.  The depression was still going on, but starting a slow recovery.  I left out most of the architecture of the boat to concentrate on the people riding the ferry.  See other paintings of this in my blog.

"Before the Bridge, They Rode the Ferry"

My brother converted my father's negatives into digital images last year.  My father was a professional  photographer before he went to work in San Francisco.  Dad rode the ferry to work from Oakland to San Francisco while  the San Francisco Bay Bridge was being built.  It was completed in 1936.  He took photographs from the ferry during that time.  I used one of his images to paint this 18" x 24" canvas in shades of black and white.  To make my black, I used French ultramarine, burnt sienna, and a touch alizaren crimson.  I loved that in the thirties, everyone wore hats.