Urban Landscape Paintings
People cross bridges every day, and with each new crossing, you can celebrate the powerful engineering achievements these feats of architecture represent. The bridges of Portland improve commerce, connect communities, and unite the city.
Mooney honors bridges by painting them from unusual points of view, giving them dramatic perspectives, rendering them both realistic and abstract. Light plays an important role in his paintings, illuminating structures, casting shadows, and encouraging viewers to see bridges in new ways, directing our attention to details that we might not otherwise observe.
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Astoria Bridge III. Oil on canvas, 30” x 40”
Depoe Bay Bridge. Oil on canvas, 18” x 24”.
The Depoe Bay Bridge is one of a series of significant bridges along the Oregon Coast Highway. The concrete arch bridge spans the mouth of Depoe Bay. The bridge's designer was Conde McCullough who designed all of the 1920s bridges on the highway. The original bridge, completed in 1927, was only 18 feet (5.5 m) wide from curb to curb with no sidewalks, and was widened in 1940 with a similar arched concrete bridge immediately adjacent to the original. The added structure is sympathetic to the original and is included in the National Register of Historic Places listing.
Cape Creek Bridge. Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
Cape Creek Bridge is an arch bridge that spans Cape Creek in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The bridge carries U.S. Route 101. Opened in 1932, it was designed by noted bridge engineer Conde McCullough and built of reinforced concrete by John K. Holt. The total length of the bridge is 619 feet, with a main span of 220 feet. The bridge resembles a Roman aqueduct, with a single parabolic arch that spans half its length. It was listed as Cape Creek Bridge No. 01113 on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005, as part of the C. B. McCullough Major Oregon Coast Highway Bridges.
Freeways. Oil on canvas, 30” x 40”
Near downtown Portland South Waterfront looking up under the belly of the I-5 freeway ramps to the Marquam Bridge.
Cleveland Bridges. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
Center Street Bridge, a rare example of a bobtail swing bridge, is located directly under the Detroit Superior Bridge. It is one of Cleveland's oldest Bridges; a significant example of work done by Cleveland-based and nationally recognized bridge builder, the King Bridge Company; and a readily visible landmark for Cleveland.
This painting was displayed at the International Guild of Realism 17th Annual Exhibition At the At Sugarman-Peterson Gallery in Santa Fe, NM | June 2nd - June 26th, 2023.
Climate Control. Oil on canvas, 30” x 40”
Red Bird. Oil on canvas, 48” x 60”
This painting was displayed at the International Guild of Realism 16th Annual Exhibition At the McBride Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland | June 10th through July 24th, 2022
Stacks. Oil on canvas, 36” x48”
My trip to New York City, 2019 before the Plan-demic (truth), I enjoyed a commuter on a ferry from Brooklyn to Manhattan recognized the Con Edison Power.
Hawley Powerhouse, Oregon City. Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”
2007, I was thrilled to be able to participate in the art jams events, the plein air trips, to the various hydroelectric power houses and paper mills in Clackamas County. Organized be the Willamette Falls Foundation, The Estacada Area Arts Commission, and Portland General Electric. For six or seven years every spring, this was an experience of personal significance to me, a turning point perhaps, as it put me in an industrial environment in close contact with an environment that is still in use, closed, or abandoned, enabling me to document buildings and structures that are often unrecognized and forgotten. These art jams were a lot of fun. Charles Sheeler, Edward Hopper, and Charles Demuth were painting just these kinds of subjects during the Works Projects Administration (WPA) years in the 1930s, but many artists today do not have the opportunity or permission to work at industrial sites.
Banks - Vernonia. Oil on canvas, 48”x 60”
Rails to trails bike trail. Banks-Vernonia State Trail - Oregon State Parks
Fremont Foot. Oil on canvas, 48” x 48”
Currently displayed at Rental and Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Date Opened: 1973
Type: Steel three-span half through tied arch, with orthotropic upper deck.
Engineer/ Designer: Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, New York, New York; Werner Storch and Assoc., Portland, Oregon (concept)
NYC Windows. Oil on canvas, 48” x 60”
George Washington Abstraction. Oil on canvas, 60” x 48”
Currently displayed at the Rental and Sales Gallery.
The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the New York City borough of Manhattan with the New Jersey borough of Fort Lee.
Oregon City Bridge. Oil on canvas, 19” x 27”
The Oregon City Bridge is a steel through arch bridge spanning the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, Oregon. Completed in 1922, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built and is owned by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as part of Oregon Route 43.
Hells Gate Bridge, NY. NY. Oil on canvas, 10” x 10”
The Hell Gate Bridge, originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge or the East River Arch Bridge, is a 1,017-foot steel through arch railroad bridge in New York City.
Lusted Road Bridge. Oil on canvas, 40” x 32”
Pennsylvania Truss type bridge.
Over the Sandy River, Clackamas County, Oregon. It was one of the original Trusses for the old Burnside bridge built 100 years ago in ‘till it was taken down in late 1920s and moved to the Sandy river. Portland Water works to the left.
Coronado. Oil on canvas, 45” x 34”
Coronado Bridge | History, Construction & Design | Study.com
St. John’s Bridge. Oil on canvas, 48” x 36”
Currently displayed at Rental and Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
St. John’s Bridge with Railroad Tracks. Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
Broadway Bridge. Oil, 24” x 36” SOLD
Marquam and Hawthorne Bridges. Oil on canvas, 30” x 48”
Marquam Curves. Oil on canvas, 36” x 24”
The Marquam Bridge is a double-deck, steel-truss cantilever bridge that carries Interstate 5 traffic across the Willamette River south of downtown Portland, Oregon. It is the busiest bridge in Oregon, carrying 140,500 vehicles a day as of 2016. The upper deck carries northbound traffic; the lower deck carries southbound traffic.
William Stafford Stones at Foothills Park in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Oil on canvas, 24” x 36”
Stafford Column - Perfect Stone in Lake Oswego, OR (publicartarchive.org)
Seen in the background is the lake Oswego Railroad Bridge. Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge - Wikipedia
Willamette Falls. Oil on canvas, 16”x 20”
Willamette Falls, Oregon City, OR. Finally got to finish this after an art jam in 2015 touring the Blue Heron Paper Mill that was shut down, and it is accessible to the Hawley Power House adjacent to the paper mill. The site of the Hawley structure no longer exists.
It’s actually the foundation of the now-gone Hawley Power House, and PGE is now calling it the Dance Floor. A great shame that the old structure is no longer there, but it has turned into a semi-accessible place to feel the spray of the Falls, from land.
Sellwood Bridge. Oil on canvas, 48” x 60”
The Sellwood Bridge is a deck arch bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The current bridge opened in 2016 and replaced a 1925 span that had carried the same name.
George Washington Abstraction. Oil on canvas, 60” x 48”
The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the New York City borough of Manhattan with the New Jersey borough of Fort Lee.
Uncoupled Rolling Stock. Oil on canvas, 11” x 14”
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