oil on canvas - 47” x 51”
Early morning view of the Manhattan skyline and World Trade Center's Twin Towers as seen from a Staten Island hilltop across New York Harbor (created in 1985)
oil on canvas 44” x 54”
Late afternoon view of the newly amputated Manhattan skyline as seen from a Staten Island hilltop across New York Harbor
oil on canvas 48” x 50”
It's been twenty nine years since I painted Victory Boulevard at Dawn, my long popular image of the view across New York Harbor from Staten Island's North Shore. Given the trauma and history we Staten Islanders experience, it seemed appropriate to recreate the vista, including the Freedom Tower where the Twin Towers once stood.
oil on canvas - diptych 24” x 48”
The sweep of New York City's harbor has been the muse of artists for centuries. I'm attracted to the connection from these past worlds to mine. Inaccessible from a singular, public vantage point, two North Shore Staten Island hillsides provided the vistas from which I noted the touch of our era.