Above are 12 examples from my "New York City: looking
up" series of over forty paintings, which began in 1999 with
photographs and was painted from
photographs and life from 2003-2005. The top 9 images are painted in oil on canvas
or wooden panels in
sizes ranging from 36"x48" to 48"x24" to 10"x8" and many other
dimensions in between. The paintings above are, from top left to
bottom right in oil on canvas: 34th St. and Park Ave. (36"x18"), 13th St. and 5th "Ave.
(36" x 18"), Empire State Building (48"x24"), 37th St. between 5th and 6th Ave. (24"x18"), Rockefeller Center
(36"x18"), 5th Avenue (36"x18"), and World Trade Center (36"x18"), WTC from E (24"x24"), WTC from W (24"x24"), and Mott and Houston (24"x24"). The bottom row of three are done in oil paint on wooden panel and from left to right are Bway near NYU (10"x8"), Columbus Circle (10"x8"), Lower East Side (12"x10").
This series of over 40 paintings took shape when I began to really look
at New York City and to photograph my favorite buildings. I love this
city in so many ways and want to share its beauty and intensity. This
series of images is about the way buildings communicate with one
another and the sky. It is as if the buildings are archetypal
monuments to humanity and our diversity. Aligned with the island and
light above, surrounded by water and built on the parent rock material
below. These images capture the beauty of the city, looking up.
These paintings are in a variety of collections within the US. Some of them are available for acquisition. Please
contact me if you would like to exhibit them, purchase one or more from this series, or if you would like to commission a new painting!