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Structrures
Buildings and other structures catch my attention because of the way shape, line, light, and surface come together. I’m drawn to everything from grand architectural details to worn industrial spaces, facades, and the unexpected patterns created by windows, beams, railings, and shadows. What interests me most is finding the character in these built environments—the details that make a structure feel distinctive rather than simply functional.
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Brownstone Block
What I like here is the repetition of the stoops, each one nearly the same and still belonging to a different home. The bare trees and muted color let that familiar brownstone rhythm come forward.
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Brownstone Block
What I like here is the repetition of the stoops, each one nearly the same and still belonging to a different home. The bare trees and muted color let that familiar brownstone rhythm come forward.
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Brownstone Block
What I like here is the repetition of the stoops, each one nearly the same and still belonging to a different home. The bare trees and muted color let that familiar brownstone rhythm come forward.
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Sugar Factory, Red Hook
This closer view made the factory feel heavier and more weathered. Rust, broken surfaces, and the dark tower rise into a restless sky, giving the old industrial structure a stubborn presence.
02
Old Sugar Factory
The old factory has the scale of a monument from the water. I was drawn to the strange beauty of the conveyor, tower, and patched-together structures, especially against such an open blue sky.
03
Jet Engine
This Collage and Oil on Paper was fun because the mechanical forms gave me permission to make the composition a little unruly. The jet engine pushes into a red tangle of shapes, patterns, and fragments that almost seems to spin around it.
04
Up and Away!
The balloon changes the whole mood of the skyline for me. Against all those stacked buildings and signs, that small bright shape lifts the eye and gives the city a touch of playfulness.
05
Red Hook Ruins
There is nothing grand about these ruins, and that is part of what interested me. The broken framework and worn buildings sit quietly beside the water, with their history visible in what is missing as much as what remains.
06
Red Hook Pier
The pier structure is almost more complicated than the city behind it. I liked looking through all those beams and pilings toward the small boat, with the water repeating the same broken lines underneath.
07
Coney Island Parade
Coney Island rarely gives you just one thing to look at. I wanted the parade, the crowd, the wheel, and the amusement structures to pile into the frame the way they do when you're actually there.
08
Arcade Games
The giant wheel almost disappears behind something as ordinary as an arcade sign. That red lettering cuts across all the blue structural lines and gives the scene its snap.
09
Canal in Red Hook
The boats give the foreground a human scale, while the industrial buildings behind them feel rough and unfinished. I liked the mix of working waterfront, water, and city structure all pressed together.
10
Sailing By
The little sailboat is almost an afterthought, and that is what I like about it. The heavy columns and shadows make a strong frame, while the bright opening beyond gives the boat somewhere to breathe.
11
Urban Ruins
I was attracted to the wall because it was already halfway to abstraction. Doors, boards, windows, rust, and graffiti divide the surface into rectangles, but the wear and damage keep every shape from feeling too neat.
12
Bikes and Graffiti
The red scaffolding gave me a ready-made drawing across the scene. Behind it, the bicycles and graffiti add another set of lines, so the whole composition feels built out of things crossing and overlapping.
13
Work Halted
There is an odd stillness in all this heavy equipment doing nothing. The excavators line up almost like figures in a group portrait, their bright yellows and oranges standing out against the grass and water.
14
Coney Island
This is Coney Island without the rush of the crowd. I liked the worn ornament, the odd little face above the sign, and the closed gate—details that become more noticeable when everything is still.
15
High Tide
Here the water interrupts the city instead of simply sitting in front of it. The blue-green band cuts through the buildings and turns the waterfront into something a little less predictable.
16
The Rehearsal
I was drawn to the contrast between the rough city surface and the small rehearsal happening inside it. Brick, posters, graffiti, and the figures beyond the doorway all become part of the same layered story.
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Sugar Factory, Red Hook
This closer view made the factory feel heavier and more weathered. Rust, broken surfaces, and the dark tower rise into a restless sky, giving the old industrial structure a stubborn presence.
01
Sugar Factory, Red Hook
This closer view made the factory feel heavier and more weathered. Rust, broken surfaces, and the dark tower rise into a restless sky, giving the old industrial structure a stubborn presence.
02
Old Sugar Factory
The old factory has the scale of a monument from the water. I was drawn to the strange beauty of the conveyor, tower, and patched-together structures, especially against such an open blue sky.
03
Jet Engine
This Collage and Oil on Paper was fun because the mechanical forms gave me permission to make the composition a little unruly. The jet engine pushes into a red tangle of shapes, patterns, and fragments that almost seems to spin around it.
04
Up and Away!
The balloon changes the whole mood of the skyline for me. Against all those stacked buildings and signs, that small bright shape lifts the eye and gives the city a touch of playfulness.
05
Red Hook Ruins
There is nothing grand about these ruins, and that is part of what interested me. The broken framework and worn buildings sit quietly beside the water, with their history visible in what is missing as much as what remains.
06
Red Hook Pier
The pier structure is almost more complicated than the city behind it. I liked looking through all those beams and pilings toward the small boat, with the water repeating the same broken lines underneath.
07
Coney Island Parade
Coney Island rarely gives you just one thing to look at. I wanted the parade, the crowd, the wheel, and the amusement structures to pile into the frame the way they do when you're actually there.
08
Arcade Games
The giant wheel almost disappears behind something as ordinary as an arcade sign. That red lettering cuts across all the blue structural lines and gives the scene its snap.
09
Canal in Red Hook
The boats give the foreground a human scale, while the industrial buildings behind them feel rough and unfinished. I liked the mix of working waterfront, water, and city structure all pressed together.
10
Sailing By
The little sailboat is almost an afterthought, and that is what I like about it. The heavy columns and shadows make a strong frame, while the bright opening beyond gives the boat somewhere to breathe.
11
Urban Ruins
I was attracted to the wall because it was already halfway to abstraction. Doors, boards, windows, rust, and graffiti divide the surface into rectangles, but the wear and damage keep every shape from feeling too neat.
12
Bikes and Graffiti
The red scaffolding gave me a ready-made drawing across the scene. Behind it, the bicycles and graffiti add another set of lines, so the whole composition feels built out of things crossing and overlapping.
13
Work Halted
There is an odd stillness in all this heavy equipment doing nothing. The excavators line up almost like figures in a group portrait, their bright yellows and oranges standing out against the grass and water.
14
Coney Island
This is Coney Island without the rush of the crowd. I liked the worn ornament, the odd little face above the sign, and the closed gate—details that become more noticeable when everything is still.
15
High Tide
Here the water interrupts the city instead of simply sitting in front of it. The blue-green band cuts through the buildings and turns the waterfront into something a little less predictable.
16
The Rehearsal
I was drawn to the contrast between the rough city surface and the small rehearsal happening inside it. Brick, posters, graffiti, and the figures beyond the doorway all become part of the same layered story.
- Oil painting of the Red Hook sugar factory with a tall industrial tower, weathered surfaces, and a cloudy sky.
- Oil painting of an old sugar factory on the waterfront with a large conveyor structure, tower, and reflections in the water.
- Collage and oil composition with a jet engine and dense red, mechanical, and graphic imagery.
- Collage and oil waterfront cityscape with a colorful hot-air balloon above the skyline.
- Oil painting of deteriorating industrial buildings and collapsed framework along the Red Hook waterfront.
- Oil painting of a Red Hook pier with a dense network of beams and pilings reflected in the water and a small boat beyond.
- Oil painting of a crowded Coney Island parade with a Ferris wheel and amusement structures in the background.
- Oil painting of an arcade sign with a large Ferris wheel rising behind it.
- Oil painting of moored boats on a canal in Red Hook with industrial buildings and construction in the background.
- Oil painting of a small sailboat seen through large blue pier columns and shadows.
- Oil painting of a worn industrial facade with boarded openings, graffiti, rust, and weathered surfaces.
- Oil painting of bicycles and graffiti behind red scaffolding against a brick wall.
- Oil painting of several parked excavators lined up beside a waterfront area.
- Oil painting of a worn Coney Island amusement façade with decorative signage and a closed metal gate.
- Collage and oil work showing city buildings with a broad abstract blue-green band suggesting water.
- Collage and oil work showing a brick city doorway covered with signs and graffiti, with figures rehearsing inside.
01
Dean & Deluca
From above, the store becomes almost diagram-like. The counters, displays, and people fit together as a pattern, but the small gestures of the shoppers keep the drawing from becoming purely geometric.
02
Vesuvio Bakery
The window is packed with exactly the kind of visual abundance I love in old storefronts. The painted lettering and piles of bread make the bakery feel both graphic and wonderfully specific.
03
Wonderwheel
The wheel is so large that up close it becomes a drawing made of steel. I liked the red-orange framework against the blue sky, where the spokes and supports take over the composition.
04
Parade Past St. Patrick's
I was interested in the contrast between the moving crowd and the incredibly elaborate stonework behind it. The cathedral stays fixed and monumental while the parade becomes a dark, shifting band at its base.
05
Prague
The long, narrow format lets the crowd stretch across the square without losing the architecture behind it. Small red umbrellas and figures keep the old buildings from feeling too formal.
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Dean & Deluca
From above, the store becomes almost diagram-like. The counters, displays, and people fit together as a pattern, but the small gestures of the shoppers keep the drawing from becoming purely geometric.
01
Dean & Deluca
From above, the store becomes almost diagram-like. The counters, displays, and people fit together as a pattern, but the small gestures of the shoppers keep the drawing from becoming purely geometric.
02
Vesuvio Bakery
The window is packed with exactly the kind of visual abundance I love in old storefronts. The painted lettering and piles of bread make the bakery feel both graphic and wonderfully specific.
03
Wonderwheel
The wheel is so large that up close it becomes a drawing made of steel. I liked the red-orange framework against the blue sky, where the spokes and supports take over the composition.
04
Parade Past St. Patrick's
I was interested in the contrast between the moving crowd and the incredibly elaborate stonework behind it. The cathedral stays fixed and monumental while the parade becomes a dark, shifting band at its base.
05
Prague
The long, narrow format lets the crowd stretch across the square without losing the architecture behind it. Small red umbrellas and figures keep the old buildings from feeling too formal.
- Graphite drawing from above of shoppers gathered around food counters and displays at Dean & Deluca.
- Watercolor of the Vesuvio Bakery storefront with colorful lettering and stacks of bread in the window.
- Oil painting of a close view of the Wonder Wheel with red-orange steel beams against a blue sky.
- Oil painting of a parade crowd passing in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
- Long horizontal oil painting of a crowded Prague square with old buildings, a tower, and red umbrellas.
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