Friday Night Art - Artist Jim Rode

The Red Robin Flour Mill in Ponca City No matter how urban and modern our cities become, the original titans remain. The mill in Ponca City is a good example. It's concrete structure, perhaps six stories high, is a constant reminder of when our farmland was king. The grains that built America have come and gone from these storage giants for decades. Trains stop and fill their grain cars. The diesels then lug their load to the cities where bakeries wait for the grain. This image began with an iPhone photograph. This gives me a memory of how the original scene looked. It is a part of my method in making the art. From there, the media became my expressionism and printed in ink on canvas. I use heirloom canvas and archival inks mixing 8 colors. My work is for sale and a great investment that you would enjoy seeing in your office daily. Find more at  FridayNightArt.com . #PoncaCity #fridaynightart  

Oil Refinery in Ponca City Although this inked image is cool on watercolor paper, I also worked this onto a sheet of aluminum. It is spooky cool that way with cotton candy clouds. In Ponca City, oil is king. The bold colors make this exciting piece for the office or den at home. There is ghosting of the color around the refinery stacks that make them stand out as portrait subjects. I really like that. This art consist of inks baked into a buffed sheet of aluminum, prepared with a coat of white emulsion which makes the colors pop. All the works are UV coated to last 100 years if not in direct sunlight. #PoncaCity #OilRefinery #fridaynightart For more, Check out Friday Night Art . Artist Jim Rode's work is for sale.