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‘Schenley Park Map’ Print Lge $120 Small $50

ILLUSTRATED MAP OF SCHENELEY PARK. SHORT HISTORY ON THE SIDE. COLOR IS GREEN WITH RED BORDER — **Illustrated Map of Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, PA**

Large print $120. Dimension is 30″ square

Small print $50. Dimension is 19″ square

A charming vintage style map showing a bird’s eye view of Schenley Park in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Golf Club and Schenley Park Golf Course are shown along with the roads, forests and trails of the park. Shades of green prevail making the topography of Panther Hollow and Junction Hollow clear. Once Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park in NYC, every city wanted to have a grand park and Schenley Park was Pittsburgh’s response. In the 1980s doing park research, found this beautiful illustrated “pictorial” map from the 1930’s, which was a black & white line drawing, possible drawn by Ezra Stiles. I added color and historical information. 3D drawings of buildings are shown including Carnegie Library Main Branch, Carnegie Music Hall and Carnegie Museum as it was in the 1930s. Also seen: Phipps Botanical Conservatory, the Cathedral of Learning at University of Pittsburgh, and early buildings on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Panther Lake is a brilliant turquoise blue to stand out from the greens. Along the top of the map are delightful vignette drawings of activities you can do in the park. The map includes some unbuilt projects such as an amphitheater and an elaborate pool which is where the skating rink is. Four bridges are drawn: the Greenfield Bridge, Schenley Bridge, Panther Hollow Bridge and the Charles Anderson Memorial Bridge. I changed the street names to the current names. Copyright with my changes and additions by Carol Skinger

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sillouette of Robert Burns statue, viridian victorian glass greenhouse, gothic revival tower — **Robert Burns, Neptune, Phipps, Cathedral of Learning, U of Pittsburgh** by Carol Skinger

$75. 12” x 16” Archival giclée print on cold press watercolor paper
$175. 12” x 16” ORIGINAL PAINTING, Watercolor and gouache

For prints or originals contact me here.

(more info -Romantic bard, Classical guard, Victorian glass, Gothic Class by Carol Skinger. Shows Robert Burns, Neptune, Phipps, and Cathedral of Learning, U of Pittsburgh )

2020 Paintings of Sculpture

January 7, 2020

Orange in the Woods 8 x 8 Carol Skinger

Joe Skinger’s fiberglass & wood sculpture 12 x 16 Carol Skinger

Joe Skinger’s wood & copper sculpture 12 x 16 Carol Skinger

Elbert Weinberg’s sculptures titled Procession at Rodef Shalom Temple 12 x 12 Carol Skinger

Frog Sculpture at North Truro Library 12 x 9 Carol Skinger

Forest of Forms by Carol Skinger (Thaddeus Mosley’s sculpture)

Carol Skinger painting of one of John Youngerman’s series of three sculptures titled ‘Totem Lamina Limbus’ (Hartwood Acres Sculpture Garden)

More Joy Please by Carol Skinger (Cantini’s sculpture, East Liberty)

Weekend Wanderers at Frick Pittsburgh by Carol Skinger (sculptural trees)

Guyasuta in Sharpsburg (so much more to know about this sculpture) by Carol Skinger

Wherefore Art Thou by Carol Skinger (Hartwood Acres Sculpture Garden) One of sculptor John Youngerman’s series of three sculptures he titled ‘Totem Lamina Limbus’

Purple Henry Moore by Carol Skinger (entry Carnegie Museum of Art)

Geometry by Carol Skinger (Hartwood Acres Sculpture Garden) Sculptor David von Schlegell’s ‘North Light’

Nighttime in the Artist’s Kitchen by Carol Skinger

Crunch by Carol Skinger, a portrait of CMOA at 57th International 2018/2019. Facade of CMOA a temporary installation y El Anatsui

Robert Burns, Neptune, Phipps, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh by Carol Skinger

Brush drawing of Joe Skinger’s wood and steel sculpture 12 x 9 Carol Skinger

shades of green fiberglass sculpture with wood structure. abstact. white background — Orange in the Woods 8 x 8 Carol Skinger

Joe Skinger’s fiberglass & wood sculpture 12 x 16 Carol Skinger

Joe Skinger’s wood & copper sculpture 12 x 16 Carol Skinger

Elbert Weinberg’s sculptures titled Procession at Rodef Shalom Temple 12 x 12 Carol Skinger

Frog Sculpture at North Truro Library 12 x 9 Carol Skinger

Forest of Forms by Carol Skinger (Thaddeus Mosley’s sculpture)

Carol Skinger painting of one of John Youngerman’s series of three sculptures titled ‘Totem Lamina Limbus’ (Hartwood Acres Sculpture Garden)

More Joy Please by Carol Skinger (Cantini’s sculpture, East Liberty)

Weekend Wanderers at Frick Pittsburgh by Carol Skinger (sculptural trees)

Guyasuta in Sharpsburg (so much more to know about this sculpture) by Carol Skinger

Wherefore Art Thou by Carol Skinger (Hartwood Acres Sculpture Garden) One of sculptor John Youngerman’s series of three sculptures he titled ‘Totem Lamina Limbus’

Purple Henry Moore by Carol Skinger (entry Carnegie Museum of Art)

Geometry by Carol Skinger (Hartwood Acres Sculpture Garden) Sculptor David von Schlegell’s ‘North Light’

Nighttime in the Artist’s Kitchen by Carol Skinger

Crunch by Carol Skinger, a portrait of CMOA at 57th International 2018/2019. Facade of CMOA a temporary installation y El Anatsui

Robert Burns, Neptune, Phipps, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh by Carol Skinger

Brush drawing of Joe Skinger’s wood and steel sculpture 12 x 9 Carol Skinger

2020 I started the year with a month of art making on the theme of including a sculpture, or what I think is sculpture in each artwork. Perhaps because my father was a sculptor and metals artist I have quite a lot of sculpture and I have an appreciation for sculpture.

The show in February 2020 was at CDCP Project Space317 S Trenton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. Just before COVID 19 shut everything down.

About the venue: Casey Droege of Casey Droege Cultural Productions (CDCP) expanded from the still current Small Mall space 5300 Butler St Lawrenceville into the former Percolate Gallery space Wilkinsburg in summer of 2019. The director of Percolate Gallery Space Carolyn Pierotti stayed on as a key partner in Droege’s Wilkinsburg expansion named CDCP Project Space.

You might know Casey for her programs mixing 5 minute artist presentations with chefs in various locations titled Six x Ate. You can subscribe to her Six x Ate eblast here so you won’t miss one. lor and Gouache. El Anatsui design for façade of Carnegie Museum of Art 2013-14, Carnegie International. Made and installed in Pittsburgh by Dee Briggs and community. Richard Serra’s Carnegie 1985.

Robert Burns dinner coming up. Should we go?

January 19, 2018

Phipps Conservatory and Robert Burns sculpture Pittsburgh, PA

Ink drawing by Carol Skinger. An 8 1/2 ” x 11″ print for $25 can be purchased here.

Each year the St. Andrews Society of Pittsburgh hosts a Robert Burns dinner including traditional piping in the haggis, Taste of Scotland Buffet, traditional toasts, and Burns recitations. Membership in the St. Andrew’s Society of Pittsburgh is open to men and women of all ages. The St. Andrew’s Society of Pittsburgh offers several classes of membership including those have no ancestral ties to Scotland, but have an interest in Scottish life and heritage.

It sounds sort of interesting since I have never done it before. I am not Scottish (WOOPS I forgot, turns out I am partly Scottish) and neither is my husband.

We do like scotch though and we did meet at a bar in Boston (really Brookline) called the Tam O’Shanter or simply the Tam which closed in the 90’s And later I did draw a tam o’shanter on Robert Burns head in my silly ink drawing of Phipps Conservatory and the Robert Burns statue in Oakland which is the university area in Pittsburgh.

Finally what I hope brings me to Scotland itself one day is to see at least some of or even all of the route of my mom’s bicycle trip there in August 1938 with her college roommate Jean. Her photo album of the trip includes the map and diary. Bucket list stuff…

Ink drawing Copyright Carol Skinger www.carolskinger.com

Schenley Park Illustrated Map

March 5, 2013

I am an artist myself and lover of nature and hiking. I found no decent map of Schenley Park when we moved here from Boston in the 80’s, so decided I would illustrate it myself having discovered acres of wonderful hiking trails many of them former bridal trails, just by being curious. My research in several historic archives lead me to a copy of a Depression era line drawing with no color , likely made for the 1939 anniversary. This is it! No one can beat the illustrative style of this historic drawing and it should be available. I LOVED the orientation of the drawing with East at the top. Unusual but so right for this park. All it needed was a brief history in the blank text box in the upper left, updated street names, and a few notes explaining some few elements that were illustrated but not built. Most important of all it needed an artist’s hand to add color, and I am an artist, so DONE! I created the color using color pencils. Later comparing it with the Frick Park illustrated map I added the red border which is so effective on the Frick Park map.

Perhaps you live near the park, or attend college in Oakland or run in the Pittsburgh Koman Race for the Cure. Have you ever watched the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix in the summer? Did you read or see Perks of being a Wallflower and want to visit Schenley Park? You should!

This illustrated map is a great piece of artwork originally inked in the 1930’s, with many updates by me including color, that literally draws you (so to speak) into the park. Want to know more of the history of the park and it’s creation? Click here. And more info here.

I have now made the illustrated map available to see and order in the first public place inside the park itself: Schenley Park Cafe and Visitors Center . They have a large framed map right next to the counter where you order, and they keep a small inventory of the maps in 2 sizes. The Schenley Park Map of either size can always be ordered on my website here.

Schenley Park Cafe & Visitor Center Inside an Urban EcoSteward studies the map!

It is a great place to order lunch and take a walk onto the trails right out back of this charming building designed by Rutan and Russell . You also can plan catered events there!

If you order through my website it takes 3 or 4 days and there are options for shipping the print in a tube. It is available both as 30″ square as displayed there, or a smaller size 18″ square to match the height of the Frick Park Map. The Frick Map which is available at the shop at Frick Art and Historical Center in Point Breeze. If you want to see the Frick Park Map and how it relates to the Schenley Park Map I wrote about it here . You can always simply call me to order it. 412-401-8812.

What is shown in the illustrated Schenley Park Map, other than the park land, trails and park amenities? Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), The Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library (Main Branch) Pittsburgh, Forbes Field, Phipps Conservatory, Greenfield Bridge, Panther Hollow Bridge, Charles Anderson Bridge.