Reflections on 3rd Avenue

 

"Crystal Reflections I" & Crystal Reflections II"
Oil on canvas
Each 36x24 inches
2000
SOLD 

I've been spending some time scanning transparencies of some older paintings and thought I'd start sharing a few. Back in the late 1990s I met Paula at an exhibition and when she saw my reflection paintings she very kindly invited me to visit the office where she worked on 3rd Avenue in Manhattan as there were some great views. I took her up on the offer and created several paintings from the photographs I took that day. "Crystal Reflections I" and "Crystal Reflections II" were views from the conference room and these paintings were later purchased by the firm and hung in that very same conference room Each measures 36x24 inches, oil on canvas and were completed 25 years ago. 

 

Elegant Harlem

Faded Elegance in Harlem
Oil on canvas
24x18 inches 

A recently completed painting of what I think might have been a former ballroom in Harlem. Always on the lookout for interesting architectural details, I spotted this decorative work on a building that was looking a bit tired but still standing proud in this uptown and storied neighborhood.