Friday Night Art - Artist Jim Rode

Oklahoma City From the Bridge was from an early discovery ride with Sylvia after we moved to town. The city skyline came into view and within a few hundred feet I had the car stopped to take it in. I loved how the color of the Classen Building (Devon Energy Center) mimicked the colors of the sky, and the foreground was the earth (or at least it's color). I use the iPhone image of the OKC skyline as a study before making the art. I moved the media to ink applied to canvas. I think it would be strong in a aluminum sheet (haven't done that one yet.). This is a 20x30 ink on canvas at $1299. Good look for your wall behind your desk! I had a very boring wall in my new place. This really changed everything! The minute I walk into the room a smile hits me! Contact me at  Jim@JimRode .com for inquiry. See more at  FridayNightArt.com . #OKCity #fridaynightart Oklahoma City From the Bridge This ink on metal of the Oklahoma City skyline was inspired by my iPhone cap...

I call this "Night Ghosts - Nashville". I know this city has its Ghosts, I may have captured one streaking through. While visiting Nashville, I used my iPhone to get a shot of this Catholic Church at dusk. Artifacts of light were picked up in the shot on the right side of the image. It seemed spooky...like a ghost passing by in the night.  I worked the shot to bring out the tangles of wires across the dying sky. I left the artifacts alone. I brought the church out of the darkness and colored the streets. This image is available printed on watercolor paper, signed $125, framed $299. Prices subject to change. See more art at FridayNightArt.com . #fridaynightart #Nashville  Night Ghosts Nashville

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.

Indian Trading Post billboard on Route 66 near El Reno, Oklahoma. As if stuck in the 1950's, this "Indian" Trading Post sign announces the Native American souvenirs, trinkets and indeed art and artifacts on Route 66 (I-40) near El Reno, Oklahoma. The original image is a photograph before I took the media into an expressionism ink process. I intended it to be an ink on watercolor paper but instead chose to put the art on canvas. It came out cool and hangs in the Man Cave. Jim Rode FridayNightArt.com   Contact me at Jim@JimRode.com for options on acquiring this art piece.