Showing posts with label acrylic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acrylic. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Nate Dray, Chess Problem Painting, "Sam Lloyd, 1897 - Orange moves first, mates in two"

"Sam Lloyd, 1897 - Orange moves first, mates in two"


The chess problem.

Typically, in a chess problem presentation, White moves first and achieves mate in a specified number of moves.

Here Orange takes the place of White and moves first. 

The key move Orange must first make is seemingly innocuous. 

Saturday, March 7, 2026

"Into Sheepskin Hollow" - illustration by Nate Dray

 "Into Sheepskin Hollow"

13 x 16 inches, acrylic on paper on cardboard

Sheepskin Hollow is along the Great Trail where it crosses Little Beaver Creek on the Pennsylvania-Ohio line. There used to be a tannery in the vicinity and there are little rapids and waterfalls along the way as the little creek flows down to join the North Fork. 

This from a bright windy day in Fall after some rain. The picture I did "North Fork by Pancake" is just up the way there...

I wanted to call this "Sheepskin Hollow Beck" but I thought it would be confusing...