In 2009, Bill Guffey created the Virtual Paintout and brought together artists from around the world "virtually" -- via the Internet -- to paint every month in a new region using images from Google Street View. I have enjoyed participating in that journey.
When I read that he started out by painting a Street View scene from each of the 50 US States, I wanted to try to do the same for the European Union.
Below is a list of the current 27 EU Member States (+1 non-member) along with some paintings and drawings I have already completed. All are based on Google Street View images and many were also published on the Virtual Paintout site.
Since the Virtual Paintout is currently taking a break, this is a good time for me to tackle my "to do" list:
When I read that he started out by painting a Street View scene from each of the 50 US States, I wanted to try to do the same for the European Union.
Below is a list of the current 27 EU Member States (+1 non-member) along with some paintings and drawings I have already completed. All are based on Google Street View images and many were also published on the Virtual Paintout site.
Since the Virtual Paintout is currently taking a break, this is a good time for me to tackle my "to do" list:
Austria
"Christmas in Innsbruck"
coloured pencil in sketchbook
Belgium
coloured pencil in sketchbook
Belgium
10x15cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
Bulgaria
23x30cm, coloured pencil on paper
Croatia
"October in Croatia"
15x20cm, oil on canvas panel
15x20cm, oil on canvas panel
Cyprus
(no Street View yet)
The Czech Republic
The Czech Republic
"Strolling down Mostecka road in Prague"
24x29.5cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
24x29.5cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
Denmark
"Early Autumn in Denmark"
40x40cm, oil on canvas
Estonia
Estonia
"The flower market in Tallinn"
15x15cm, oil on canvas panel
Finland
Neocolour II in sketchbook
France
"Arles"
24x30cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
24x30cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
Germany
"Blast Hall at the Völklingen Ironworks"
Neocolour II in sketchbook
Greece
"Blast Hall at the Völklingen Ironworks"
Neocolour II in sketchbook
Greece
coloured pencil on postcard paper
Hungary
"Table for two?"
coloured pencil in sketchbook
coloured pencil in sketchbook
Ireland
"County Clare, Ireland"
40x40cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
Italy
"Elba Beachscape"
30x30cm, oil on linen canvas panel
(private collection)
30x30cm, oil on linen canvas panel
(private collection)
Latvia
36x27cm, coloured pencil on paper
Lithuania
9x12inch, coloured pencil on paper
Luxembourg
12x20cm, coloured pencil on paper
Malta
21x29cm, coloured pencil in sketchbook
Netherlands
10x15cm, coloured pencil in sketchbook
Poland
"Muzeum Bersztynu"
21x29.5cm, coloured pencil on paper
Portugal
15x21cm, coloured pencil on paper
Romania
"Driving along the DN 12C"
24x30cm, oil on canvas
24x30cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
Slovakia
"Liptovské Matiašovce, Slovakia"
24x24cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
24x24cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
Slovenia
"Velike Malence"
20x20cm, oil on canvas
Spain
12.5x17.5cm, oil on canvas
(private collection)
Sweden
coloured pencil on paper
(United Kingdom)
15x15cm, oil on canvas panel
All paintings in this gallery are by
Catherine Hale ©2010-2020
(all rights reserved).
Catherine Hale ©2010-2020
(all rights reserved).
For further details and links to the Google Street View images,
please consult my VPO blog posts or my Flickr album
What a great idea - what a great collection of paintings you have done. I am an Englishman who is very committed to his European identity and am full of sadness at what our government is doing.
ReplyDeleteI too miss the Virtual Paintout. I wonder if someone will resurrect it at some time in the future?
Thanks for your message Tom! I thought about it recently while attending a shipping event in Ostend -- they were showing off a replica of a Bronze age boat that was used to connect Dover to the continent back when Pharaohs ruled Egypt. The connection really goes way back.
DeleteIt's always sad when people want to change what works.
As for the VPO, it would be nice if it came back. Maybe Bill meant January 2019.