Three new water tank paintings

These paintings were just completed in the last 2 weeks while I worked on some new ones. All are based on photographs I took in New York and Chicago. I also just started on a commission painting featuring the West Loop skyline and its water tanks which has helped fuel my new-found energy for painting cityscapes and water tanks.


The Village - Bleeker St., acrylic on canvas, 24x30, 2011
Tribeca, acrylic on panel, 24x24, 2011
Pencil Tank - Roscoe Village, acrylic on canvas, 24x30, 2011

10 New Colored Cityscape Photographs

I've been taking a lot of new photographs lately and working on some digital imaging for a hotel reproduction project (more to come on that soon). Below are some results where I've added different effects, textures and colors using Photoshop. Some photos are brand new and some are older photos that I recently digitally enhanced. These are all part of my colored cityscape photo series and available in various sizes.

Towering Heights, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
Fire Escapes, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
Arches, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
Fine Arts Building, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
Wrigley Building, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
West Loop Skyline, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
The Blue Tank, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011

Marina Towers - River View, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
Hancock and Skyline, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011
Pencil Factory, digitally enhanced photograph, 2011

Paintings: faceless people -- lost in a crowd

What I like about this series of paintings is the quick, loose brush strokes I used. They are based on photos and sketches of people on the street in New York City. I tried to capture the frenetic energy and movement of being on the street in Manhattan. This is also the first time I've used multiple people in a painting. Faceless people -- lost in a crowd. Usually, I just feature one person, so this was also an experiment in subject matter.

Painted most of these in late 2009. I am currently working on a new series of water tanks/cityscapes where I'm looking to bring back some of this looseness and immediacy.

There She Goes Again, acrylic on wood panel, 20x20, 2009


Times Square Crosswalk, acrylic on panel, 18x24, 2010


Yellow Dress, acrylic on canvas paper, 12x16, 2009


Blonde Cell Phone, acrylic on canvas paper, 12x16, 2009


Heading to the Subway, acrylic on canvas paper, 12x16, 2009


Headphones and Crowd, acrylic on canvas panel, 14x18, 2009