"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...

Acrylic painting of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago by Lesley Spanos. Copyright 2008, all rights reserved. “Da Bean” 12 x 9″ acrylic on panel Talk about being late – this one was supposed to be done by October 8 so I could send it to Karin Jurick for her Week 5 challenge on...