Ashley Cecil

7.5″x11″ ink on paper, $40 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK), SOLD. 
10% of art sales now through April 30 donated to Court Appointed Special Advocates.

7.5″x11″ ink on paper, $40 (plus shipping via standard mail outside of the UK), SOLD.  10% of art sales now through April 30 donated to Court Appointed Special Advocates. Recommend...

7.5″x8″ ink on paper, $35 (plus shipping), SOLD
10% of art sales now through April 30 donated to Court Appointed Special Advocates.

I’ve realized while settling into my new home in London that the local scenes are inspiring me to draw and paint faster than I’m keeping up with service organizations.  Although it’s invigorating to be painting urban street scenes again, I won’t leave out the charitable component of my work.  So, while I’m painting and finding my footing here, I will be making contributions from art sales to Court Appointed Special Advocates, one of my all time favorite nonprofit organizations.

CASA is always looking for volunteers to advocate for abused children engaged in the legal system while a safe home is identified for them.   With over 1,000 local community offices throughout the US, there’s bound to be a CASA office near you.  I volunteered for CASA and would be happy to answer any questions about my experience, just email me at ashley.cecil(at)gmail.com.

7.5″x8″ ink on paper, $35 (plus shipping), SOLD 10% of art sales now through April 30 donated to Court Appointed Special Advocates. I’ve realized while settling into my new home...

15″x30″ oil on canvas, SOLD
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So this is square one in a new city.  I’ve always thought of myself as travel savvy, but I was humbled last night by missing a social art event due to my inability to navigate my way from my borough to a theathre in the city center.  Apparently I’m only as travel savvy as a my smart phone makes me, which I’m without at the moment.

It’s almost overwhelming to take in all of the options in a city as big and rich in culture as London.  My paints arrived yesterday so we’ll see how the sights translate on canvas.  I’m pleased with this first piece of a pub in Soho just as people were leaving their offices.  Happy hour is taken very seriously here.

15″x30″ oil on canvas, SOLD See all artwork available for sale. So this is square one in a new city.  I’ve always thought of myself as travel savvy, but I...

15″x45″ oil on canvas, $1,350
A donation from sold painting will be made to Art In The Market.

The move is underway!

Before departing I had to paint Findlay Market, one of my favorite places in my last city of residence, Cincinnati.  This is also the last painting remaining from my entire body of work to date, which is hard to believe since I’ve created hundreds of paintings over the last few years (thank you for patronage).

I’m eager to create and share new work inspired from abroad.  Now I just need my art supplies to arrive off the boat.

15″x45″ oil on canvas, $1,350 A donation from sold painting will be made to Art In The Market. The move is underway! Before departing I had to paint Findlay Market,...

24″ x 66″ oil on canvas
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New York City, flexing its strength by size and density, often boasts status of “first,” “best,” and “biggest” in an expansive list of areas. Most of our financial investments oscillate on charts on Wall Street, and many items in our closets mimic fashions first seen on New York runways. Much of our American culture, history, politics and economy are tied to beginnings and development in the Big Apple.

A downside for New York, also owning the title of second most densely populated American city, is the lack of physical space for innovation that requires expansive room. Case in point, we’re not going to find wind farms in Manhattan. But ah! there is a place in the city where no New Yorker will set foot. This quiet, empty space is vast and available. No investment bankers will ever have an office here, nor will any gallery, penthouse, or corner shop reside. Buildings, walkways, and taxis push to the very edge of this space, yet not encroaching, like fighting siblings in the backside of the car not to cross the seam of the seat onto the other’s side. This space is the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Below the surface of the East River is a “tidal energy farm” that uses Verdant Power’s underwater turbines to harvest free power from the river’s current, alleviating some pressure on New York’s unsustainable annual $13 billion energy bill.

No one can complain about zoning restrictions or a visual blight. The greatest concern these turbines pose is for the well-being of the river’s primary residents: fish (for which several million dollars is being spent on fish monitoring). The seemingly benign machinery will be connected to the city’s energy grid to provide an equally benign form of power.

Mountaintop removal coal mining move over!

24″ x 66″ oil on canvas SOLD See all artwork available for sale. New York City, flexing its strength by size and density, often boasts status of “first,” “best,” and...