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Art Selections from Jim Rode's FridayNightArt Collection

In this gallery you will find selections of JimRode's art at Friday Night Art.

JimRode travels the United States photographing what inspires him.   

Jim prints images using archival inks on museum quality canvas. He also uses an ink fusion process to create fused art on sheets of aluminum.

Some work is available as ink on layered watercolor papers.

JimRode's wall decor art is prepared and shipped ready for display on your wall.  FridayNightArt is available for shipping to anywhere in the United States.

The art on your wall is not only a delight to you, but shows others how you feel about art. Art is all around us, and through the eye of Jim Rode is made vibrant and personal. Your home walls or office should not be a dreary white, but filled with color and Americana.

Without art, you are a blank wall, unfinished. Without art, you must struggle to explain your value to others. It is said, 'Clothes make the man.' It is also true that what is on the walls make the office or home. FridayNightArt can be your source for art for your home or office. Contact Jim for site visits for decorating office buildings or other business. 

 

Windmills on the Highway

Remember when you were a kid and you took that trip with Mom and Dad and your brother and sister? You took landscape pictures with that plastic camera all a-blur. You pictures were better than you thought!

Yukon Flour Mill - ink-fusion art by JimRode

Yukon's Best is a flour mill in Yukon Oklahoma. It dominates the street near the main drag in old downtown. Grain mills like this once anchored small towns in small farming communities. Grains could be brought to the mills and stored before railroad shipping to the big cities. Their very existence allowed community growth. fridaynightart in Yukon, Oklahoma

Austin Blushes Yellow by artist JimRode

Between the twilight and evenings revelry, the city blushes in the setting sun as it balances growth or damage by it's people. In creating Austin Blushes Yellow, JimRode as created an ink fusion to a sheet of aluminum. fridaynightart in Austin, Texas

Cooling the Cup - fridaynightart

The first cup of coffee is a necessity of mankind Fine Art Print, ink on watercolor paper by JimRode at fridaynightart.

Live Oak - Cotton Field

Cotton bales left for the truck among a lone oak and dozens of wind turbines flaying in the wind.

Dunes Reclaim the Asphalt by Jim Rode

fridaynightart at South Padre Island Drive to where the road ends and the dunes reclaim the road - inches at a time. This is where you can see the tourists turn around, defeated by nature. 30x30 ink fused to aluminum.

Valley Field with Wind Turbines

Sometimes life is simple. You wake to the scent of grass, the wind, morning sun, and God's good sky. JimRode 20x30 ink fusion

Where Rock Goes to Die

Range upon range of mountains without a human soul. Rocks goes here to die. They may never see a human being in the vast range of desert mountains for hundreds of years. fridaynightart in California

Lyford Levee Sunrise

Barking dogs chased our car as we crawled along the narrow levee. As the sun rose over the dormant grassy fields, we had several dogs jumping to the car windows. We were startled and sped up on the rutted bern, alone amongst the wind turbines near the gulf waters. I did end with the capture of a great ink fusion this week, even if the darned dogs scared us silly...

Saint Michael Slays on Electric Avenue

Saint Michael slays, on the battlefield or behind the church. A 20x30 inch ink fusion onto a sheet of aluminum by artist JimRode at FridayNightArt.com

Sentinel - Chickasaw Nation

A wind turbine, stands on mountain top. A sentinel that can see for 50 miles in all directions. Testing the wind, day and night. An ink on canvas by JimRode of Fridaynightart.

Houston After the Rain - by artist JimRode

fridaynightart in Houston, Texas What is Houston but sin, sweat, achievement, glory, history, oil and power? A good rain shines things up.

Rain at the National Archives by JimRode

fridaynightart in Washington, D.C. Rain: National Archives, depicts the rainy streets of DC. Ink fusion on buffed aluminum by artist JimRode

Stringed Gins by artist JimRode at Friday Night Art

Friday Night Art in the Texas Rio Grand Valley. In the Rio Grande Valley stand cotton gins, or mills. They are titans of the land, pyramids standing large in a land without hills. These cotton gins spring to life when trucks bring in the cotton. The mills separate the cotton from the seed. The seed is crushed for oil. Oil for tiny bottles of lubricants for sewing machines. They wait in the sun and wind until there are no more sewing machines, no more reason to be. 20 x 30 canvas $540 from Jim Rode at Friday Night Art

Gentleman Bowlers: Laguna Beach by artist JimRode

fridaynightart in Laguna Beach, California On the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean at Laguna Beach, the old men fiercely send their bocce balls across the lawn with a vengeance. The competition is tough. The conversation trash. And the wives think they are relaxing.

Highway Route 66 - ink fusion art by JimRode

Once, travel cross country included local roads and wagon trails. Early car races carried two people...a driver and a mechanic. Then they built the Mother Road, from Chicago to LA. The rest is history. Signs are still there. Many are stolen for Man Caves and bars. - ink fused to aluminum from FridayNightArt

Deer Skull in Cactus - ink-fusion by JimRode

Homage to Georgia O'keeffe. FridayNightArt in Harlingen, Texas by artist JimRode. It is a 10x10 ink fusion. Click on Image to see a 2 minute video of Friday Night Art in the Rio Grand Valley!

Our Lady of Consolation by JimRode at FridayNightArt

FridayNightArt in South Texas Just off Texas Highway 77, between the King Ranch and Baffin Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, lies Our Lady of Consolation. Ages ago, cowboys could tether their horses and stop in for a prayer. Today, travelers headed to the beach for fishing wave to the parish priest sitting out at the parish house porch a few yards away from the church. The priest is a gentleman. He is kind. He is from India, but guides this church proudly. Ask for a tour and he will lovingly spend the time with you. He is available for counsel.

Windmills: Edge of the Sea by artist JimRode

fridaynightart in Texas Windmills: Edge of the Sea, reveals the modern wind turbine. This field of turbines is near the Gulf of Mexico. Its bold colors are pleasing to the eye. Like plants in the dirt, windmills line the grounds like a garden by the sea.

Highway 358 Padre Island by artist JimRode

fridaynightart in South Padre Island State Highway 358 runs through South Padre Island before it peters out into the sand dunes. Telephone lines travel to the last outpost where the dunes covert their space. Ocean and winds work to reclaim the highway with layers of sand. The encroaching dunes are occasionally plowed aside to keep the highway alive.

City in the Clouds - artist JimRode

With an early morning rain, Oklahoma City looks like a city in the clouds. Fragile clouds of water appear in hues of blue in the early light. Ink fusion art on aluminum by Jim Rode at FridayNightArt.

Red Umbrella - Mayflower Hotel - by artist JimRode

fridaynightart in Washington D.C. Red Umbrella on a DC Street, was captured canvas art by JimRode at Friday Night Art in Washington D.C. This scene on the street at the famous Mayflower Hotel is perfectly rendered to canvas by JimRode in Washington DC on Connecticut Avenue.

Shrimp Boats Air Out the Nets - Port Isabel

fridaynightart in Port Isabel, Texas Shrimp Boats Air Out the Nets. Ink fusion by JimRode. Few shrimpers make it rich. The places where they dock are not rich yacht spaces in the harbor. Many, unload, shower and sleep before heading back a day later in search of elusive schools of shrimp swimming miles from shore.

City Streets After the Rain: by artist JimRode

Sunday dawn rain washes the sins away from the streets of Oklahoma City. Monday brings a new beginning. FridayNightArt in Oklahoma. Ink fusion by artist JimRode

Rifle Inspection - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - by JimRode

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, regardless of the weather. Twenty-three steps marched each direction. The Changing of the Guard is an elaborate, white glove rifle inspection to ensure each guard is worthy, the rifle clean, and each crease of the uniform perfect. It is done in silence. All visitors must remain standing and silent in respect. fridaynightart in Washington DC

Pulling into Nashville 5:30 a.m. - art by JimRode

FridayNightArt in Nashville, Tennessee. Circumstance brought me to Nashville, Tennesee before dawn. It was a night with broken dreams and broken sleep. a morning where even 7-Eleven coffee could not keep you awake once you found a hotel. Sleepy. Awesome.

Francesco Mastromatteo Plays at St. Francis of Assisi

After mentoring college students, Francesco Mastromatteo plays at St. Francis of Assisi in Oklahoma City. Image by Jim Rode FridayNightArt

Bus Brings the Blues by JimRode

The world is a blue cloud. Somebody on every bus caries the blues, in a pocket, a purse, on their face, under their hat... Some want to talk about it. Some share it with strangers. But, most want it secret. Blue can be deadly, but it's a secret all the same. Ink fusion on aluminum - by artist JimRode at FridayNightArt.

Red Street Car San Diego - by artist JimRode

Red Street Car by JimRode - FridayNightArt in San Diego The Gaslight District in San Diego reaffirms the celebration that life. Life is good for moral and upright people. Tourist and locals can walk around for hours and enjoy the sights and smells of exotic foods, cooking, coffee. Meeting good people over wine or coffee warms the heart.

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Sunrise Puerto Vallarta by JimRode

The sun dominates Puerto Vallarta, like a king. It brings life to the beaches where tourists tan. It feeds the trees for their vibrant greens. It bakes the time rooftops turning red to burnt orange. This 20x24 is ink on archival canvas with a linen/poly blend printed at FridayNightArt.

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