Spanners

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 3"x 7"

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Along the East River, in Manhattan there is a point just below the Williamsburg Bridge where you can see the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty all at once. It is humbling, and it serves to remind us that this city and its history is bigger than any one person.

Under the Exit

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 6"x 9"

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This is a painting of one of the exit ramps off the 59th Street Bridge, as Manhattanites like to call it, the Queens Borough Bridge for those living on the other side of the East River. For me it epitomizes the dichotomy that is New York, order and chaos all at once. It represents the patchwork infrastructure that is most noticeable when entering or leaving one of its bridges or tunnels.

Saving The WPA

2015, Oil on Hardboard. 5"x 7"

Scenes From a Train

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I've always been fascinated by the WPA creations that dot this country's landscape, especially the bridges. Many of the people who took part in the WPA were artists and their influence can be seen in the design details of every one of these structures. This bridge was probably built in the late 1930's and it shows, but the details on the upper retaining wall structure show just how important aesthetics were back then. Even on a bridge whose audience would consist mainly of a handful of railroad engineers. It says to us, "Everyone is important." The support columns are from a much later renovation, and they tell us, "There's no money in the budget for pretty."

Trestle Rust

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 5"x 7"

Scenes From a a Train
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Today's painting is another from my series, Scenes From a Train. I thought that a snow scene might be kind of refreshing right about now.

East Village Angles

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 6"x 8"

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This is a view of East 12th Street, in NYC. There are many instances when the sides and tops of buildings are much more interesting than the parts that were intended to be seen.

Twilight Time

2015, 8"x 6", Oil on Hardboard

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My favorite view from my favorite hotel. This was something of a waiting game. I took about a dozen photos during each phase of sunset. Right in the middle was, twilight time.

The Dance at St. Mark's

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 5"x 5"

#197

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This is a painting of the courtyard at St. Mark's Church in NYC. More specifically, it is a painting of a very old locust tree hat happens to be in the courtyard at St. Mark's Church. I love New York and I love trees, so any time that I can combine the two is a red letter day.

Diagonals and Stripes

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 7"x 5"

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On First Avenue in NYC, just north of First Street, there is a staging area for a variety of safety barriers for a big dig on Houton. It has been going on for a couple of years now and I pass by it on my way to Russ & Daughters, the finest purveyor of smoked fish in the city. I have been looking at this photograph since December, wondering what to do with it. It occurred to me that the question was not what to do with it, but whether I had enough patience to work with it.

East Village Windows

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 7"x 5"

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One of the most interesting things about buildings in New York City has very little to do with the subject building, and more to do with the shadows cast by its neighbors.

The Grundy Stack

2015, Oil on Hardboard, 7"x 5"

Scenes From a Train

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Another Building near the rails. This one was interesting in so many ways. The first was obvious, that stack with the company name made of different colored brick. That takes pride, not to mention money. Then there's the treatment of the odd angle in the front. Instead of embracing it, ala Flatiron Building, it was ignored. Angle? What angle? There is an interesting cove detail in the cornice. There are, or were, huge arched doorways. And lastly, those Mediterranean style roof tiles. I wish I could have been in the meetings when this thing was being planned.