Inside the Dune Shack
Inside the Dune Shack oil on wood, 7″ x 5″, 2018 The C-Scape Dune Shack has been preserved as part of the of the Peaked Hill Bars Historic District, Cape Cod National Seashore. There is no running water or electricity in the dune shack. It is rented out to individuals and artists and reflects those […]
Walnut Street School
Walnut Street School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 Herman P. Schnetzky, architect, built in 1888, closed in 1977. This school burned down in 1978. It was a twin to the larger 5th Street School. The architectural renderings are housed in the Milwaukee Public Library Special Collections, and the library rules prohibited me from […]
Vieau School
Vieau School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2014
The Jefferson School
The Jefferson School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″ 2015 901 W. Juneau AvenueArchitect unknownBuilt in 1858, closed in 1889. The school was bought by the Pabst Brewery and altered (likely by Pabst’s preferred architect, Otto Strack) to match the crenellated, fortress-like Gothic architectural style of the surrounding brewery complex. It currently houses a tavern […]
Rufus King High School
Rufus King High School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2014 Located at 1801 W. Olive Street, Guy Wiley, architect, built in 1933. This art deco building sports myriad carved stone embellishments and a tall central tower. The plans were also used, though expanded, for Pulaski High School on the south side later in the […]
Maryland Avenue Montessori School
Maryland Avenue Montessori School oil on wood panel, 6” x 8”, 2015 Located at 2418 N. Maryland Avenue, Henry C. Koch, architect, built in 1887, with an 1893 addition by Schnetzy and Liebert. This is an open and active school on the east side of Milwaukee. It disappears into its surroundings because the landscape is […]
La Escuela Fratney
La Escuela Fratney oil on wood panel, 6” x 8”, 2015 Located at 3255 N. Fratney Street, Henry Lotter, architect, built in 1903. This is an open and active school in my Riverwest neighborhood that I painted from a friend’s porch across the street. This school is well loved in the community and is a […]
Garfield Avenue School
Garfield Avenue School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 2215 N. 4th Street, Henry C. Koch, architect, built in 1887, closed in 2005. This school is sold and it is being redeveloped as part of the Bronzeville neighborhood redevelopment initiative. A once proud elementary school designed by Milwaukee favorite Henry C. Koch, it fell […]
Emanuel Philipp School
Emanuel Philipp School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 Located at 4310 N. 16th Street, Eschweiler and Eschweiler, architects, built in 1932, closed in 2006. This school has rightfully been described as a “gem.” When I went to elementary school back in the ‘70s, the school I attended was built in the previous decade. […]
Albert E Kagel School
Albert E Kagel School oil on wood, 12″ x 16″, 2015 Located at 1210 W. Mineral Street in Milwaukee, WI. Henry C. Koch, architect, built in 1891. This is an open and active, well-maintained public school. Designed by Henry C. Koch, this building is a twin to the Golda Meir School on Martin Luther King […]