This is a new cityscape painting that I finished over this past weekend: Cityscape Swirl, oil on canvas, 24x30", 2024. I think it bridges both abstract and more representational cityscapes that I create, so I'm including it in my Abstract Cityscapes series.
It's based on photos I took in September 2023 in Culver City - Los Angeles, CA of the (W)rapper office tower building. It's a great modern brutalist-style building in the middle of an industrial area that sits alongside Ballona Creek. It was really cool to see up close, and I took a bunch of photos at various angles that I used to come up with the composition of the painting.
Cityscape Swirl, oil on canvas, 24x30", 2024
Here’s a few of the reference photos I took of the building. At one point, a security guard came out to be sure I wasn’t doing anything I wasn’t supposed to do. He didn’t leave until after I walked away. Click to view the larger full images.
