Downtown Pittsburgh Archives

Silly Ink PITTSBURGH Prints

Prints available in 3 sizes

LGE $100 +- Paper dimension 27” wide x 20” high

MED $55 +- Paper dimension 15 1/8” wide x 11” high

SMALL $25 +- Paper dimension 11” wide x 8 1/2” high

8 1/2″ x 11″ prints are available for $25 each.
Discount available for the set of five prints. Contact me.

Black and white ink sketch of the Phipps and Robert Burns statue, with the Cathedral of Learning behind -- part of Carol Skinger's Silly Ink Drawings collection — Phipps & Robert Burns with Cathedral of Learning

University of Pittsburgh and a bit of CMU also seen in drawing.

CMU Buggy Race by Carol Skinger — CMU Buggy Race, Carnegie Mellon University

Scene in the illustration: Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, EQT Plaza, First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, K&L Gates Center, The Duquesne Club, the Granite Building, Trinity Cathedral, Wood St. Galleries, Wood St. T Station.

A larger archival print of ‘Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh’ mis in the collection at the Duquesne Club and on display in their Health and Fitness Center. It’s also in the archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh at Trinity Cathedral, which is directly across the street from the Duquesne Club.

The Point in Pittsburgh, Head of the Ohio

Sixth Avenue drawing goes to the Duquesne Club!

May 10, 2016

Sixth Avenue- Pittsburgh by Carol Skinger

A 22″ x 30″ archival print of my ink drawing of Sixth Avenue- Pittsburgh has been purchased this spring of 2016 by the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh. It’s been given the full Duquesne Club frame treatment has entered the Art Collection of the Duquesne Club and hangs in their Health and Fitness Club.

Ink drawing showing an expanded view of Sixth Avenue downtown Pittsburgh. Cyclists are coming at you and a car with a kayak on top. — Carol Skinger’s Sixth Avenue drawing at Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh

Prints of this pen and ink drawing on archival paper can be purchased here. Contact me for larger sizes.

Now I am in the collection of the Duquesne Club which is very cool to say! They have an important art collection. Anyone who has been in there will not forget seeing Charles Russell’s “When Shadows Hint Death”!

The Duquesne Club appears on the right in the foreground of my ink drawing Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh. Other things seen in drawing: Trinity Cathedral, First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, the Granite Building, EQT Plaza, K&L Gates Center, Wood St Galleries, Wood St. T Station.

The Duquesne Club was the strictly the old boys network until 1980 when women could become members.

“Women were first welcomed as guests at the Ladies Cocktail Bar in 1934, but not as members until 1980. Yet, in this age of egalitarianism, the Club has thrived as has its art collection that most small museums would trade their marble columns for. It boasts a curator, published catalog, docent-led tours and distinguished Art Society in charge of new acquisitions.” Read more: The Duquesne Club: An exclusive retreat for the corporate elite by Jean Horne

Another article Duquesne Club’s art has reflected the city’s power and history by Patricia Lowry has more about the art collection, the history and the architecture of the Duquesne Club.

A smaller archival print was purchased previously for the Archives of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh at Trinity Cathedral, which is directly across the street from the Duquesne Club. The Archives are open on Mondays and Thursdays from noon to 4:30, but people need to set an appointment for research. Call 412-232-6404 x 138. The Archives are located on the third floor of Trinity Cathedral, 328 Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh.

I first penned this drawing to add to my ink collection for a Black and White show curated by Kathleen Zimbicki.

My friend Pittsburgh artist Cynthia Cooley painted this piece for the Duquesne Club a while back.

Dollar Bank Ink Drawing

May 9, 2013

When you are new to a city, what you notice is often not the iconic images of the city. This is what I noticed when we moved here from Boston. I walked by it every day to the bus stop on the way home after work. It is Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh. To me it is a fun and funny building, and I always loved the lions. It is the first ink drawing I made after moving here from Boston. Now you have to go to the Heinz History Center to see the lobster sign for Klein’s Restaurant. Eventually I did some space planning work for Dollar Bank and got to know some of the folks there. Now and then one of the executives would ask for a painted version of the drawing which I did more or less like this. All artwork is copyright by me and cannot be used or reproduced without my permission.

I realize you cannot see both inclines from here but oh well…artist’s license!