http://www.ralphbaconart.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2021-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420913795342-QGU2J57YWJ6E028OCY19/dragon-1-800.jpg Murals - Lakeside High School Dragon Mural This is a school mascot mural painted directly on the wall of a gymnasium. Ralph is shown working on the lower left corner which gives a sense of scale. This project was made more difficult because the wall is made of acoustic bloc, which is perforated with slots for sound dampening. The dragon bursting through the wall is a popular image with both the students and the administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420913795342-QGU2J57YWJ6E028OCY19/dragon-1-800.jpg Murals - Lakeside High School Dragon Mural This is a school mascot mural painted directly on the wall of a gymnasium. Ralph is shown working on the lower left corner which gives a sense of scale. This project was made more difficult because the wall is made of acoustic bloc, which is perforated with slots for sound dampening. The dragon bursting through the wall is a popular image with both the students and the administration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420912644195-HAJTD561WHASB9Y7LQQO/jungle-mural-final800.jpg Murals - Jungle Mural, Center This color mural was painted on the walls of a child's bedroom. It depicts a rain forrest theme using some tromp l'oeil [pr. trom ploy] effects. The view was rendered as if one were standing on a balcony while parts of the jungle reaches within. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420912673162-JXIABAWZ0YM89MLYOZKG/jungle-mural-ants800.jpg Murals - Jungle Mural Detail This mural has many tiny surprises and details to make the mural more interesting. Here is a close-up of a parade of leaf cutter ants carrying food home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420912694364-ZE9BV7DDKN5SWKL474JX/jungle-mural-left800.jpg Murals - Jungle Mural, Left A strangler fig wraps around a tree and a few leaves break the border of the painted edge to reinforce the illusion of near and far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420912695943-BYV2071YGNND2RUCAA9X/jungle-mural-right800.jpg Murals - Jungle Mural, Right This shows a detail of the mural and the use of the tree escaping the frame to create a sense of perspective, a third dimension. The branch with the Toucan comes straight into the "middle" of the room, thus casting no shadow.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423666235201-3MINSZD65NKNHKXKZDCL/Amsbury+mural.jpg Murals - Amsbary Memorial Mural The family of an avid supporter of the pool at the Ashtabula YMCA commissioned me to paint this on the back wall overlooking the pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423667594370-8HPLWFYWXOKDWVUUFRWC/kids+mural2.jpg Murals - YMCA Kids Mural This is a project that employed a contingent of high school kids from an alternative learning program. I designed the 6 x 100 foot mural and transferred the images onto the wall, the kids applied most of the paint. It has held up very well over the years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480179699333-O282099TYWTNTHW4LNGN/Harbor+Topky+1.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Library Mural This mural spans the entire children's library section at Harbor Topky Library in Ashtabula, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480179313902-CG04MIPF8QU4E830UQFZ/Harbor+Topky+Drawing.JPG Murals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480179964656-K4AWQI01RSEZGGUVGW6E/Harbor+Topky+3.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480180031947-DW3YSI8P6SHHC55UT8JK/Harbor+Topky+4.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480180107305-5WO82GDZXBM0ECGNXZ9U/Harbor+Topky+5.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480180231387-XYXW5FBNKH25JD630VKZ/Harbor+Topky+7.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480180286817-E2NPTEB7SVKQY76UOFKO/Harbor+Topky+8.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480179682262-A3CG2GLSEXDB1UOBAOWV/Harbor+Topky+9.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480180549677-50D4PIXZ20L8P2LHLXZX/Harbor+Topky+14.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480179953323-FU71HGWGVN7SFD3Y5OMC/Harbor+Topky+15.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480180003186-W3NE48FFBTAFVEH112IC/Harbor+Topky+16.JPG Murals - Harbor Topky Undersea Mural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1638242618509-WV01RH99ZY3XPI626XIG/100_4064St.John100.jpg Murals http://www.ralphbaconart.com/whirligigs daily 0.75 2017-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480182302242-O7G4N2026QVS5CNMTMHM/CAM00127.jpg Whirligigs - Harbor Perk "Wheel of Fortune" This piece was a commission for a local coffee shop. They wanted a fun way to reward customers and raise money for charity. The green spaces are chalkboard paint so the staff can change the possible prizes. The figure holding the coffee bag is a portrait of the manager. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480182302242-O7G4N2026QVS5CNMTMHM/CAM00127.jpg Whirligigs - Harbor Perk "Wheel of Fortune" This piece was a commission for a local coffee shop. They wanted a fun way to reward customers and raise money for charity. The green spaces are chalkboard paint so the staff can change the possible prizes. The figure holding the coffee bag is a portrait of the manager. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480182544760-NUQJNB3PFZ6Z9107MOJ3/CAM00130.jpg Whirligigs - Harbor Perk "Wheel of Fortune" Closeup of the manager, Ryan, holding the coffee sack that determines your prize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480182791361-N6SXM0FEBRA5GYKYB9OM/100_4279.JPG Whirligigs - "Mel" This piece was a commissioned portrait of "Mel" in his favorite convertible. The head bobbles on a spring, the arm is poseable, and the wheels roll. Pull on the muffler and a secret compartment is revealed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480183032450-S3317DWDDT8SST9CAKBQ/100_4273.JPG Whirligigs - Closeup of Mel Detail of Mel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1426452084893-NE8TI0VQR8GZFIJ1OAI5/image-asset.jpeg Whirligigs - Ralph Bacon Flies his Drawing Table This little whirligig shows the artist drawing at his desk atop an airplane. The propeller serves as a crank to make his arm draw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420920886519-W0TB5J23NBGS6Q94UG66/100_0524.JPG Whirligigs - Ralph Bacon Self Portrait Whirligig Ralph has rendered himself at his drawing board piloting a plane. When you turn the propeller, Ralph's hand moves and he draws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421287129119-RE3AUGPHMQQQTFXAXJYN/Bob+Marley+Lt.jpg Whirligigs - Bob Marley Whirligig Bob Marley is standing on the island of Jamaica in the sea. When you turn the crank, he plays the guitar and his head rocks back and forth tossing his spring hair in every direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421287136834-I7D99MOVS8UI1QAFLGCV/Bush%3AGore.jpg Whirligigs - Bush vs Gore This sculpture portrays the two candidates as two heads sprouting from the same body. It is a commentary on politicians in general. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421287145578-PVV7V6CKII2P33FAFT37/Leo%26Vince+3%3A4.jpg Whirligigs - DaVinci duels VanGogh Turn the crank and the two artists paint away at their opposing canvases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421287199789-CMEAHT6VIINUG5DFFE2N/Vince+c%3Au.jpg Whirligigs - Closeup of DaVinci duels VanGogh Here you can see VanGogh intent on his painting while DaVinci's brush works at his canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421287196866-RQG1NKCCLOZIS1WJL79J/PecosBill1.jpg Whirligigs - Pecos Bill Turn the crank (branding iron) and the tornado whirls chasing Pecos Bill astride the mountain lion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1425350999783-YNIB5ARCB0AHO5I0YGYV/image-asset.jpeg Whirligigs - The Ultimate Sideshow See the astounding Beaudacia, the Bearded Lady of Babylon, as she assists Steve Stupendous, Escape Artist Extraordinaire Sword Swallower and Acrobat. Atop the high platform stands the majestic Fatima, flying Fat Lady of Flattsville. Watch as Beaudacia pulls the sword from Steve's throat, Fatima then lands upon her target, vaulting Steve up, over and into the tank of vicious, man-eating piranhas!! Astounding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1426450395339-Q2TXDY12J34I3PWIS5VV/image-asset.jpeg Whirligigs - Pecos Bill Pecos Bill riding astride a mountain lion is chased by a tornado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421288729202-4CCEL35HF4X7W2196RVM/Backyard-a.jpg Whirligigs - My Uncle's Backyard This whirligig is based on memories of visiting a family home in Cleveland in the 1960's. Turn the propeller and the kids toss a ball in the pool, the uncle drinks a beer and the little dog lifts his leg on the tree. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/54b16e1ce4b03feb690e67b2/5505f1afe4b02d88372e7e65/1426453060250/ Whirligigs - The Fight between Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill duke it out over rights to the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421288619798-JOLAIDM5BTF33MUF3SR0/repairman.jpg Whirligigs - The Computer Repairman This was created after a hard drive crash that left Ralph wanting to use a sledge hammer on his own computer. The blades on the whirligig are made from the dead hard drive and if you rotate them, the repairman pounds away on the CPU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1483891514346-48MOEHR35LDWLTGOLHR2/100_4644Cow-Cross-Stream.jpg Whirligigs - The Cow That Crossed the Stream This whirligig illustrates what might happen if a cow paddled across a stream infested with piranhas. Above the water line the cow is rendered whole and below it is bare bones. As the crank is turned, the cow's legs swim and the fish bob around menacingly. This piece was exhibited in the Erie Spring show in 2016 and was purchased from the show by a private collector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1483892446782-4DH97BATOGX8HTF3FTY6/100_4649Cow-Cross-Stream.jpg Whirligigs - The Cow that Crossed the Stream The inspiration for this sculpture was a National Geographic Special in the 1970's about the Amazon. There was footage of a capybara entering the river and being instantly devoured by piranhas. The sculpture imagines what would happen to a cow in the same situation. There are playful elements such as a frog with a wooden leg and cuts of beef in the mouths of piranha and floating to the bottom.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1483892227757-US76NG91NEX6NNVRAG9Q/100_4643Cow-frog-c_u.jpg Whirligigs - The Cow that Crossed the Stream Frog Detail A detail shot of the frog and some of the fish surrounding the cow. The frog has a peg leg and a patch over one eye. The fish jaws are made from metal band saw blades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1483895031810-2INOSUN08F782EG7LXVV/fishgig-city-silhouette-1.jpg Whirligigs - Bass Whirligig This piece is part of three separate whirligigs commissioned by the ADDA for the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. This bass-shaped fish measures 5 feet in length and depicts the Main Avenue streetscape circa 1960 on one side and Ashtabula's Walnut Beach on the other. This weather vane style whirligig features propeller blades made to resemble the bricks that were once produced locally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1483895746321-14UI5J72O57HULHLZ9RN/fishgig-beach-silhouette-1.jpg Whirligigs - Bass Whirligig This is the reverse side of the bass whirligig depicting Walnut Beach in Ashtabula, Ohio. This is one of the most beautiful beaches on Lake Erie. http://www.ralphbaconart.com/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2016-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420906268478-ZXA4IYHO69ZD7XBO0S6F/Fording-Covered-Bridge800.jpg Architectural - Fording Covered Bridge This illustration is a perfect example of how an artist's rendering can convey a sense of how a planned project will fit into the landscape. This was a proposal to replace an aging bridge with a newer, more attractive bridge to accomodate pedestrian traffic in a public park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420906268478-ZXA4IYHO69ZD7XBO0S6F/Fording-Covered-Bridge800.jpg Architectural - Fording Covered Bridge This illustration is a perfect example of how an artist's rendering can convey a sense of how a planned project will fit into the landscape. This was a proposal to replace an aging bridge with a newer, more attractive bridge to accomodate pedestrian traffic in a public park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420908581489-QMMUZKGIJ8EW5EFJWKDV/Welcome-Area800.jpg Architectural - North Shore Trail Welcome Area This artist's rendering depicts the trailhead area and signage for a proposed addition to the Western Reserve Greenway Trail. Illustrations such as this allow the promoters of the project to show funders and public entities the impact of the public improvement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420908650018-JAHH8PH6QRJI4HCQBKDI/Observation-Deck800.jpg Architectural - North Shore Trail Observation Deck This illustration depicts an observation deck planned to allow bikers and walkers to pause and enjoy a view of the Ashtabula River as it enters Lake Erie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420908586732-WM1N7YO08DZZSNWQCFSU/Walnut-Beach-IntCent800.jpg Architectural - Walnut Beach Pavilion This artist's rendering was created from engineering elevations. The 3/4 view in perspective gives the average person a much better idea of what the final project will be like. Often these graphite illustrations are created in the very beginning stages of a public improvement project and are followed at a later date by a color illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420909855801-PB880BIYT0W82Q4B2Q7U/WalnutBeach2.jpg Architectural - Walnut Beach Breakwall and Walkway This graphite illustration is a wonderful example of how a picture can convey information quickly and efficiently. By including three views of the proposed concept, this illustration provides the viewer with actual dimensions and an idea of how the final project fits into the landscape. This combination of break wall and walkway is intended to allow tourists and sport fishermen easy access to the lake shore and the ability to walk easily to the historic Ashtabula lighthouse. This illustration makes it clear how the project would enhance tourism in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420908679133-MUBRAJWBV2S84JOG7UHN/%27Harbor-Bend%27-pencil800.jpg Architectural - Marine Museum Expansion This graphite rendering shows a birds eye view of a proposed expansion for a small marine museum and the terminus for an expanded bike trail. This sort of view is only able to be produced by a skilled artist who understands perspective and can visualize the final look of a project from a verbal description. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420908597298-6FHKZX6SP33PJNXUL2SQ/Point-Park-turn800.jpg Architectural - Point Park Turn This pencil rough is a working drawing created as a part of a group of drawings to promote a bike trail expansion. This shows the trail approaching its terminus at the Ashtabula Marine Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420908602725-4WKWH7WVCOZ2YSB12O3X/Pairings-proposal800.jpg Architectural - Windows on Pairings This artists pencil rendering was used to promote the first phase of Windows on Pairings. This building has now been renovated into a modern, all-Ohio wine and agricultural center featuring a tasting bar, gift shop and culinary classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119419556-47H39YRUG0ZLYHG4J99J/Windows+on+pairings+1.jpg Architectural - Windows on Pairing Garden View This drawing was made to show a possible use of the land adjacent to the Windows on Pairings viniculture institute. It shows an attractive grape arbor that could be enjoyed by the local community. Ralph is frequently called upon to use his creative talents to imagine the form that a final project will take. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420908609455-Q0C36TOZKWG6XWZW89PY/Pairings-prelims4-800.jpg Architectural - Windows on Pairings pencil rough This is am early working drawing that was made as part of the creative design process for the proposed Windows on Pairings project. Ralph is often part of the team working on design ideas as a project moves forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420912278703-LSF2FAX2OA0OFZZE1EIV/Pairings-prelims1-800.jpg Architectural - Windows on Pairings early pencil rough These rough pencil drawings are an example of how an artist's rendering can be a part of the creative process in planning a public project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420914004531-9M8GUITYPQGLKD9HJ5XQ/Geneva-Pavillion800.jpg Architectural - Geneva Pavilion This illustration shows a proposed public pavilion. It has been used to acquire grant monies, and as a part of a fundraising campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119275374-YWY93578GB7WOB7G5XUP/congregational+church.jpg Architectural - Congregational Church Steeple Project This church needed to replace its missing steeple and they asked Ralph to design a modern steeple that visually ties the church to its location next to Lake Erie. This rendering depicts the new steeple design in place on the old tower. The steeple invokes the look of a mast with billowing sails while relating to the shape of the windows in the original building. The open spar design allows the steeple to withstand 80 mph gusts of wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119306997-ML7QY61EK25CPP5MCO8G/community+center+1.jpg Architectural - Geneva Community Center Lobby This rendering was created to pitch a remodel of an aging local community center. The project is now complete and the building is used regularly for events such as weddings and parties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119327103-IOVGO3FQ1RW756N2MFQX/Community+Center+2.jpg Architectural - Geneva Community Center Lobby Interior This is part of a series of drawings used to pitch the interior remodel of the Geneva Community Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119347770-0YBJ6FENKDTKJVA0YXR4/community+center+3.jpg Architectural - Geneva Community Center Exterior Another view of the Geneva Community Center renovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119378665-RH4VES85CBPCPPI6E9PW/community+center+4.jpg Architectural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119457959-L3A8G9AHHDHJVTV58OAB/20150112120902_00001.jpg Architectural - Geneva Revitalization Corridor The city of Geneva, Ohio has been very progressive in their approach to revitalization. They requested this illustration as a tool to take to public forums and possible partners in revitalization. This birds-eye view map shows existing structures and areas of planned improvement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421119473517-3OIOKAGOF0559S8NX0WH/20150112121140_00001.jpg Architectural - NEO Center for Vinifera Studies This illustration show the possible remodeling and reuse of a school building as a vinifera studies institute. It is part of a larger project designed to take advantage of the city's location in the center of a county with many wineries and vineyards. This was used to obtain financial support for the initiative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420906287290-6TW6XH501H1YS8R6XXIW/Shortest-Covered-Bridge800.jpg Architectural - Shortest Covered Bridge This illustration was created in order to allow the city of Geneva, Ohio to pitch a project to create the country's shortest covered bridge as a tourist attraction. Ashtabula County is home to the longest covered bridge in America and this small community wanted to create a reason for bridge tourists to visit their city. This project was approved and built and is now a popular stop on the covered bridge tour. The city liked the illustration so much, they even added boulders to to match those depicted in the rendering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420906254269-VHM9OV6SWQKJR7N2AJRO/Englewood-CB800.jpg Architectural - Englewood Covered Bridge This ink and marker rendering is the second version of a planned bridge that is intended to provide a pedestrian and bike crossing. This bridge is expected to withstand periodic flooding. The illustration is being used to promote this public project.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420906302457-IER58CTHYORREKOTI66I/Stonelick-Bridge800.jpg Architectural - Stonelick Williams Corner Covered Bridge This illustration shows a proposed covered bridge in its planned setting. Architectural renderings of this kind are used to obtain funding and public support for the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420906320702-0NX1OCCRUAOIOFKE47DR/Woodman-Bridge800.jpg Architectural - Woodman Avenue Overpass This is a proposal for a road overpass for the Western Reserve Bikeway to allow users of the trail to cross the street without risk of riding across traffic. http://www.ralphbaconart.com/theater daily 0.75 2016-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421286420122-MRZIT2381TYBZ7RU5G1C/midsummer3.jpg Theater - Midsummer Night's Dream Set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421286420122-MRZIT2381TYBZ7RU5G1C/midsummer3.jpg Theater - Midsummer Night's Dream Set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421283748018-CW3IVBCH0X9T6PCDI1KS/midsummer1.jpg Theater - Midsummer Night's Dream For this fantasy set, the director asked that the tree not be realistic but instead, invoke the magic of the classic play. The surface texture was manipulated with line and color to appear to undulate far more that it actually did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421283794787-5915HN5I7E28TG2M84UB/midsummer2.jpg Theater - Midsummer Night's Dream This tree was constructed out of canvas stretched over a padded frame. The undulating lines enhanced the fantastic feel of the set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421031612090-D6313S3ZB3K9AC9EPGWN/Ernest-hearthrm800.jpg Theater - The Importance of Being Earnest City Apartment This is the second set of large-scale paintings created for a set painted on moveable panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421031617475-OVYOOZ0FOW3DXBPU76TN/Ernest-lvgroom800.jpg Theater - Importance of Being Ernest Country House This set was designed as a series of large-scale paintings on moveable set pieces. Each panel was rotated for scene changes revealing another set of paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421031607077-A7LN5U8XPJY12CY2VCX4/ernest-hearth800.jpg Theater - Importance of Being Earnest Detail 1 A closeup of one of the series of panels for an interior set design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421031624084-1M9S3N6YXCG0GU3FXRRR/Ernest-yard3-800.jpg Theater - Importance of Being Earnest Garden Scene The garden set of The Importance of Being Earnest rendered as large-scale paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421031630859-ZWNYE3DBL6P4TKQDIDML/Ernest-yard800.jpg Theater - Importance of Being Earnest Detail 2 The central panel of the garden scene of The Importance of Being Earnest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1420914189097-EPBMF0HKUTPU7FZ92VL0/Smaug-puppet800.jpg Theater - Smaug Puppet This was a project completed for a community theater production. The puppet could be manipulated by a person standing inside the neck of the dragon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421283798995-VNQUCRPPPTNZ980T66QP/shakespeare+set1.jpg Theater - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) This set is entirely faux painting aside from the arched entryways. It had to serve as the backdrop for all of the scenes for this farce comedy on Shakespeare's works. The idea was to create something that would be very inexpensive, flexible and interesting to look at. The whole thing was created on site with a limited palette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421283804125-CASOP4LPYUWR1D7FTDKZ/shakespeare+set6.jpg Theater - Shakespeare Abridged This is a closer view of the set for The Complete William Shakespeare Abridged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421602170526-BWUC1E78N3HTW90T6X22/100_3428.JPG Theater - Peter Pan Jr. Storybook This was used upstage as a sort of visual narrator. Each page is a full 4 x 8 foot sheet of luan. A page would be turned at the end of each scene as each spread depicted the next "Chapter". I designed each page, which was projected and traced onto each sheet. Black on white proved good enough—props should not upstage the actors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421601908345-GA4AM2AA6ZZLIWDGDXUA/100_3431.JPG Theater - Peter Pan Jr. Storybook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421601979492-WYTIY7GJXNS9NYHXV03K/100_3432.JPG Theater - Peter Pan Jr. Storybook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421602041741-FZ565XD5E03VSYV7WUCG/100_3434.JPG Theater - Peter Pan Jr. Storybook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421602105100-3SDA6ZVXV5ISTOUUQF7A/100_3436.JPG Theater - Peter Pan Jr. Storybook http://www.ralphbaconart.com/maps daily 0.75 2016-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033135732-D64S9G3ZP9K47LB3FFXL/Case14inTri800.jpg Maps - Case Western Reserve Campus Map This map included birds-eye views of the entire Case Wester Reserve Campus including surrounding neighborhood features. Many buildings were in the construction or planning stages and had to be imagined and situated in the drawing before they were built. The 14" triangle is included to provide a sense of scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033135732-D64S9G3ZP9K47LB3FFXL/Case14inTri800.jpg Maps - Case Western Reserve Campus Map This map included birds-eye views of the entire Case Wester Reserve Campus including surrounding neighborhood features. Many buildings were in the construction or planning stages and had to be imagined and situated in the drawing before they were built. The 14" triangle is included to provide a sense of scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033115987-IPVSOKEYAPCX6UGB79C7/Case-ne800.jpg Maps - Case Western Reserve Campus Map detail 1 A closer look at the Case Western Reserve University illustrated map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033093646-FSOBY65K3GJ2OQCHFR0U/Case-hospitals800.jpg Maps - Case Western Reserve University Campus Map Detail 2 The center of Case Western Reserve University's campus. This was a particularly difficult and complicated section because the campus is very densely built up and the buildings are of many different ages and architectural styles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033151031-K2Y5JTR68O2HLM6IAKBS/CaseW-Ralph1000.jpg Maps - Ralph Bacon with Case Western Reserve University Map Ralph preparing to submit the finished artwork for Case Western Reserve University's campus map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033462048-PIBO1RI8A2F284PUMKJ6/CSU-Off-Campus-GuideW.jpg Maps - Cleveland State University Off Campus Map Cleveland State University commissioned this map to highlight the city features available in and around the college campus for resident students. This map was intended to encourage students living on campus to experience the cultural and recreational activities that abound in the city of Cleveland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033409085-0AZ5I4LX4AAX6FN0TQIX/CSU-Off-Campus-detail2.jpg Maps - Cleveland State University This was done to illustrate the many entertainment choices in the Cleveland area for students of CSU, which has been acquiring more and more dormitory space for its student body. This project is a scratchboard with watercolor rendering. A lot of work in planning, prep and client approvals, but a great result. Look for the Leg Lamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033311093-S8WY0860RVSE7FX9MQFC/CSU-Off-Campus-detail1.jpg Maps - Cleveland State University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421033599007-E2EE5U40IV83SDEWQS11/ACTS-map800.jpg Maps - ACTS Bus Routes Map showing the local public bus routes. Landmarks are scratchboard illustrations scanned in and placed into the design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1421287042841-OHQYNVOI61BY6XX2ISEA/Ashtabula.jpg Maps - Ashtabula Map This map was rendered in scratch board as a promotional item for Ashtabula County. The structures are only very loosely rendered in relationship to their actual location. http://www.ralphbaconart.com/pleinair daily 0.75 2017-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480186030371-TJ9TXW0UACM20Q2Z9J6G/Smolen-bridge1.jpg Paintings - Smolen Bridge Late Summer Located in rural Ashtabula County Ohio, this is the longest covered bridge in the nation. There is public access to the river below the bridge which offers beautiful views no matter the time of year. Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480186030371-TJ9TXW0UACM20Q2Z9J6G/Smolen-bridge1.jpg Paintings - Smolen Bridge Late Summer Located in rural Ashtabula County Ohio, this is the longest covered bridge in the nation. There is public access to the river below the bridge which offers beautiful views no matter the time of year. Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480186203211-DFSZMKEXPJRP5ABCPWQU/Smolen-bridge2.jpg Paintings - Smolen Bridge in Early Fall Just a few weeks after the previous painting of this bridge, this one shows the beginning of fall color and grey skies.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480186207650-O9ATZQ4LB9X55OJE02O2/Smolen-Gulf-09-2016.jpg Paintings - Smolen Bridge Smolen Bridge, Ashtabula, Ohio from under the bridge in late summer. Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480186255310-293BHF9UXXYJIUR60U08/blocks%26trunks.jpg Paintings - Blakeslee Brook in Fall Deep in a ravine, Blakeslee Brook winds through our 26 acre property. This was done in fall during the last of the days when painting outdoors in Ohio is possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480186856678-KJ1GCW2D09SNPOV8EZI6/big-stone-blocks.jpg Paintings - Stones in Blakeslee Brook Fall in the deep gorge in our woods. Acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480198395278-2W71FEK30S0TO40Z8SYE/Lake+LeBoeuf+fishing+dock+copy.jpg Paintings - Lake LeBoeuf Early morning in late fall. Rendered in acrylics on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480198498284-KTZUS2HAEP19COU0P0IT/Lake+LeBoeuf+island+copy.jpg Paintings - Lake LeBoeuf Fall Morning Lake LeBoeuf in the mist. Acrylic sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480209811597-IDQLMMHHOHZYUQ5V6N2V/pool%26rock0001+copy.jpg Paintings - Pool with Rocks Blakeslee Ravine Just at the point Blakeslee Brook joins the Ashtabula River, this scene is worth the hike into the ravine. Caught at the end of the summer, this rendering captures the diffuse light and reflections found under the shelter of the overhanging branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480210039929-MRTFK5HEZTEI45BGJZB2/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Lake Shore Park, Ashtabula, Ohio Lake Shore Park is one of the treasures of the Ashtabula shoreline. The park offers trails, pavilions, a beach for swimming and even a disc golf course. This is a view of the main pavilion painted from the top of the park. A stiff summer breeze turned the lake into a multitude of colors. Painted on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1483893605838-T892GK3GIG8LSN52QA9F/Old-Mossback-cropt.jpg Paintings - Old Mossback Legend has it that Lake LeBoeuf in Waterford, Pennsylvania contains a muskie that is too wily to be caught. Fishermen swear they have spotted this six-foot long monster but no one has ever managed to catch him. He is illustrated here with hooks and lures hanging from his jaw including the famed LeBoeuf Creeper. Prints are available. http://www.ralphbaconart.com/blog daily 0.75 2015-01-27 http://www.ralphbaconart.com/blog/2015/1/26/englewood-covered-bridge-announcement monthly 0.5 2015-01-27 http://www.ralphbaconart.com/sketchbook daily 0.75 2016-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480211285834-ZWJXUCY6MA2N8NO832NA/Bridge+St.Pen%26ink.jpg Sketchbook - Bridge Street Ashtabula This pen and ink sketch was done on site during an art event on the street. Details were added later in the studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480211285834-ZWJXUCY6MA2N8NO832NA/Bridge+St.Pen%26ink.jpg Sketchbook - Bridge Street Ashtabula This pen and ink sketch was done on site during an art event on the street. Details were added later in the studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480185675356-J539LIFVQK7S2IEOM50U/Bridge+St.Pen%26ink.jpg Sketchbook - Bridge Street Ashtabula This pen and ink sketch was done on site during an art event on the street. Details were added later in the studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577009866-UXOSMJTX75M5SYAO7ZZT/Prehensile-tailed-skink.jpg Sketchbook - Prehensile Tailed Skink Sketched at the Cleveland Zoo. He sat quite still but I did not have much time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577042543-1O41TFCY84LV6L3IYUQG/Dunkleosteus.jpg Sketchbook - Dunkleosteus Fossil skull bones of the top predator if its day, some 360 million years ago. Sketched in marker at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577029378-3P3LZSP22JLNCC6Q1KUK/Maine-flower-study.jpg Sketchbook - Unidentified flower Sketched with a ballpoint pen in the back yard of the cottage we stayed at while vacationing in Maine. I have not been able to identify it. If anyone can, let me know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577037839-U95C563IHA56ZHTD8RPE/giant-isopod-detail.jpg Sketchbook - Giant Isopod Did this while teaching a "Deep Sea Monsters" class at the Ashtabula Arts Center. Showed the kids techniques in rendering and how to employ the use of gradations to provide contrast, interest, and reinforce the illusion of depth & form. These guys live about a mile under the ocean and are the size of a football. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577049861-3G0QBHH35900OPYF6HWL/cryptoclidus-eurymerus.jpg Sketchbook - Cryptoclidus Eurymerus A marker sketch from a photo used in a dinosaur drawing class. This critter was one of the plesiosaurs, a marine reptile. It caught fish and squid and I am sure it had the bad breath to prove it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577071537-QKW9PEFOL8N4PW6A2NL2/camarasaurus-skull.jpg Sketchbook - Camarasaurus Marker sketch of the common sauropod found in North America that lived in the late Jurassic period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577084595-8WHJUMK0P3CY74BCV7BY/1932-Wedell-Williams.jpg Sketchbook - Roscoe Turner's first racer Twin-view sketch of Turner's first aircraft purposely built for racing. You can see it also at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577123967-H87NBO7COHXDJC584RWM/Hepcat-Revival-dancers.jpg Sketchbook - Hepcat Revival This was a swing dance in Troy, Ohio, with music by the Hepcat Revival swing band. Great fun. Always a challenge to draw a moving target. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577143853-BHJW414W4N2VD4J0ABXH/Sugar-plum-attendants.jpg Sketchbook - Sugar Plum Attendants Sketched from the wings off stage during the production of Nutcracker. It took several shows to finish, as I had perhaps seven minutes maximum before the scene changed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577090237-0H7LYJUEQ1S6AHXADVCH/flak38.jpg Sketchbook - Flak 38 Pencil of WWII German anti-aircraft cannon sketched at Conneaut's Annual D-Day re-enactment event. The 20mm ammo is too expensive (even if you could find it) so it was rigged to fire with propane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577162008-NLNQBUSXBZ74RD950UR8/MG34-side.jpg Sketchbook - MG38 Another sketch from the Conneaut D-Day event. A German soldier fires his MG38 machine gun on an anti-aircraft mount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480211160247-2RJ6ZL9NRRSNQJMOPAAO/D-8Caterpillar+copy.jpg Sketchbook - Caterpillar D8 Drawn at the D Day reenactment in Conneaut, Ohio August 2015. http://www.ralphbaconart.com/illustrations daily 0.75 2016-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480199016371-LPLIGRRF1KA7SGXBOUGJ/tom+and+jerry-300+copy.jpg Illustration - Tom & Jerry Recipe Illustration Done for a cookbook published by Northern Ohio Illustrators Society, this illustration shows all the necessary ingredients for a traditional holiday beverage for the Bacon family holiday celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480198903353-QOVNI2FJ3X6961JDWOP9/tom+and+jerry-300+copy.jpg Illustration - Tom & Jerry Recipe Illustration Done for a cookbook published by Northern Ohio Illustrators Society, this illustration shows all the necessary ingredients for a traditional holiday beverage for the Bacon family holiday celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480207650310-K94YD8ZYPDN6NT6CVT10/reese+copy.jpg Illustration - Portrait of Reese Graphite portraits available by commission.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480207929316-VSLGO2Z6QWYGRKA9M3VR/christmas+art1013v2+copy.jpg Illustration - O'Keefe Christmas Card https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480208235108-AF68O5J6AOXLA8H4G3R8/santa2015x200+copy.jpg Illustration - Christmas Card https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423576993188-WW7JZMBIR5D9XG1UZF99/dragonfly.jpg Illustration - Common Green Darner Pen and ink with watercolor. Anax Junius, One of the many species found on our property. The abdomen should have brighter turquoise blue on its sides, but I drew from a preserved specimen and they soon fade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1423577115180-JL90E783TL85ZRX0SF00/Curtiss-HydroBiplane.jpg Illustration - Curtiss "Bumble Bee" This biplane with floats is now over 100 years old. You can see the linkages from the steering column to the tail and wings—very cool! You can see it at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ab3306e4b0a61122e4f581/1480349838516-K3DO8N9GEYIQJ7E81ZRB/cicada.jpg Illustration - Yearly Cicada This is the one you hear each summer buzzing the lazy warm days away. 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