"Scrambled" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Multimedia Artboard, 5 x 7". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. Still working on my State Fair series, and loving it! My latest painting in the series is taken from a photo I took last summer of people riding the Scrambler...

"The Merry Jester" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Multimedia Artboard, 5 x 7". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. This is the image that got me interested in doing a State Fair series. I love how the carving sparkles. My favorite time to photograph an outdoor carousel...

"Pop Up Showers" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Multimedia Artboard, 5 x 7". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. The local weather people like to forecast “pop-up showers.” Cracks me up every time I hear it. I’m reminded of the old “Pop-up...

"Meander" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic painting on Ampersand Gessobord, 6 x 6". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. Painted with permission from Google Street View image. This week Bill Guffey’s Virtual Paintout explores the islands of Hawaii. It was hard to narrow...

Trolley No. 1059 was built in 1948 and acquired by San Francisco in 1992 to become part of their historic streetcar collection. Though it served in Philadelphia, the car is painted to represent the Boston Elevated Railway Co.. Our location is on the Embarcadero at a stop near the Ferry Building, with...

"Hey! Google!" by Lesley Spanos. Oil painting on Ampersand Gessobord, 6 x 6". Copyright ©2010 Lesley Spanos, all rights reserved. Painted with permission from Google Street View image. This month’s Virtual Paintout is in the Czech Republic. Finding a subject was difficult for me,...

"Gran Canaria Highway" by Lesley Spanos. M. Graham gouache on Multimedia Artboard, 9.5 x 5". Painted with permission from Google Street View image. Painting copyright ©2010, all rights reserved. This one almost ended up in the dumpster. It’s another piece I started for Bill Guffey’s...

"Tenerife Overlook" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic on Multimedia Artboard, 14 x 11". Painted with permission from Google Street View image. Painting copyright ©2010, all rights reserved. Every month I tell myself I should participate in Bill Guffey’s Virtual Paintout, but I never get...

"Sedona Morning" by Lesley Spanos. 6 x 6" oil painting on Ampersand Gessobord. ©Copyright Lesley Spanos 2010, all rights reserved. What’s that wretched creaking sound? Must be my rusty painting skills! It seems like all my creative focus lately has been on planning paintings, rather...

"Telegraph Hill" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic on paper. Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved. This was one of those crazy weeks when I thought I’d never get anything done for the current Different Strokes From Different Folks challenge hosted by Karin Jurick. My first mistake was forgetting...

"Chicago Lifeguard" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic on paper, 8 x 12". Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved. Here’s the latest challenge from Karin Jurick’s Different Strokes From Different Folks. This time we’re painting a floating lifeguard on Lake Michigan. I wonder what...

"She Brings Lemonade" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic on panel, 14 x 8". Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved. She brings lemonade for her man, and water for the horses. Is it any different than when I bring my husband a beer while he’s working on his Jeep on a hot day? This is another...

"Madison Avenue" by Lesley Spanos. Oil on Gessobord panel, 6 x 6". Copyright ©2009, all rights reserved. Here’s another painting for Karin Jurick’s Different Strokes From Different Folks painting challenge. View Larger MapGoogle Street View of the location. You can move around...

"Jefferson Memorial After Dark" by Lesley Spanos. Acrylic on 5 x 5" on canvas panel. ©2009, all rights reserved. Yet another painting from Karin Jurik’s excellent “Different Strokes From Different Folks” challenge. I’ve never been to the Jefferson Memorial, and...

“A New Day” Acrylic on Multimedia ArtBoard, 8.5 x 15″ I feel like I’ve waited for this day longer, and with more anticipation, than I waited for Christmas as a kid. Finally, it’s Election Day in the US, and a new era is here! I’ve never felt this kind of electricity...

"New York Stock Exchange" a painting by Lesley Spanos, copyright 2008 “New York Stock Exchange” Acrylic painting on paper, 7.5 x 16″ Here’s another one painted for Karin Jurick’s “Different Strokes” weekly challenge. You can see her original photo...