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Rooftops 59th Street

Inspiration close to home

Read the blog post about the genesis of this series: Landscape Painting: Working in Series with "Rooftops."
The inspiration for this series was found in my own "backyard" — the view out my studio window. For many years I didn't consider it a "paintable" view because during daylight hours, all the shapes were an undifferentiated mass of similar values.

Then one winter, a light snowfall accentuated the perspective formed by the rooftops. I began painting the scene in the late afternoon or dusk, when this perspective was most apparent, and now those rooftops serve as the foundation of each composition. Each piece reflects a different moment in time, a different color of light.