'South Street' Concert Hall

A concert hall is always of interest in the memories who have seen starpower performances take place in its interior. Because of that fact I have painted this canvas using the sight of 'South Street' bar/music venue as a subject for its surface. This building and the pink warehouse beside it are both etched into the memories of music lovers of the city of Charlottesville. The pink warehouse was the sight for practice sessions of the Dave Mathews Band in its early days when it played in local stages. The 'South Street' bar has drawn many bands of late and is a fixture in the local music scene. Both buildings are on a street nearby the railroad tracks and were used to hold commercial products from trains delivered to this city. I found working all the color in the bricks to be the challenge. The windows also were daunting but could be worked into a suitable appearance once I put myself into the task mode of using changing color for each pane of glass within them. I played with the shadow beneath the awnings so one could see the shape of that area of the building. The people are meant to put a little human interest into the canvas, being that they are caught in the mist of a street drama. I intended to have the viewer figure out what is going on. Mainly because in this day and age of human interactions of the unknown sort, almost anything could be happening between these street characters. Perhaps someone is stopping the other from 'getting away' or a friendly tap of reorganization is going on. I don't really know so I leave that to the viewer.