On the Square is part of my Playhouse Square series–a series of paintings with subjects taken from Cleveland’s Playhouse Square. At 4′ by 5′, On the Square is at the outer limit for an easel painting. Any larger and you need a heavy-duty easel (or two) or a mural-style one. I don’t own one of those. When I work on large-format paintings, I set them on boxes and use ladders or lie on the ground as needed.
‘The unfinished ‘On the Square’ on the easel
One problem I don’t have with my current arrangement is getting large paintings out of the studio. I’ve had studios in the past when I had to be very careful about painting size, or I couldn’t get them out! Without taking them apart and rolling them up, anyway. In my current studio, I can get nearly any size painting out without stress