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The Bean Art Gallery featuring original oil paintings by William Gram. (Updated November 08) Most of Bill's paintings are painted plein air (onsite). In Door County, Bill is represented in season at The Potter's Wheel Gallery, and year around at Great Northern by Design at The Settlement Shop, Fish Creek. The Millennium Park page focuses on paintings of the Bean, officially named Cloud Gate, and the Pritzker Pavilion a Frank Gehry creation. See the new Dance page featuring ballet paintings of scenes inspired by Chicago ballet companies and Russian companies such as the Bolshoi.
Over 30 new paintings have been added to the website in 2008.
The painting of Wrigley Field on the cityscape page was done during the Cubs playoff. It represents a new technique that Bill has dubbed guerrilla plein air. It involves getting right into the scene and painting, instead of painting from a distance. The crowd around him seemed to enjoy watching the process. One photographer said that watching Bill paint was like watching Leroy Neiman work. See the photo of Bill painting on the Cityscape page.
News from The Bean Art Gallery 2008:Bill has 3 paintings in the Four Seasons of Old Town show 1763 N Northpark ave,corner of Menominee in Chicago. Gallery hrs Nov 9 2-4 (reception), Nov 15 and 22, 2-4 and closing reception Nov 30, 1-3. See these paintings also under the Cityscape section of this website titled Green City Market and Angelos. Nine of Bill's Millennium Park Paintings are currently exhibited at Penny's, 950 Diversey in Chicago along with other paintings of the Plein Air Painters of Chicago. This group was featured in the Feb American Artist Magazine and on Chicago Today. In Door County Bill's work has been exhibited at both the Miller art museum and the Hardy Gallery.