Brooklyn in North Adams

Brooklyn Street, North Adams, MA.  18x24 inches, oil on panel.  A painting I made seven years ago, which I just re-touched a little today to fix a detail that always bothered me. 

Fourth Avenue

Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn.  12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A memory of a view north near Garfield Place.

Half-Asleep Auto

Dean Street Auto, Brooklyn.  8x10 inches, acrylic paint with pen and ink on Bristol paper.  This dark van struck me as a half-asleep creature of some kind.

Brooklyn Pissarro

Union Street Bridge, Brooklyn. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  This view reminds me of paintings by Camille Pissarro.

 

Brooklyn Street Corner

Union and Nevins, Brooklyn. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  After a brief interlude in Paris (see previous post), I'm back to a memory of a Brooklyn street corner.

The Open Door

 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas. Late afternoon memory.

Looking Left

Corner Crossing, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  After a brief shower at Franklin and Sterling Place.

A Late Afternoon

St. Mark's Place, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A late November afternoon memory of the sun shining.

Grand and Colorful

Grand Avenue, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  Between Dean and Bergen is this colorful auto repair site.  

Grand Brooklyn Cubist

Grand Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas.  This cubist view is a memory.  All has changed.

Dean at Classon

Dean at Classon, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on linen canvas. Every street corner is a natural composition.

Shuttle Bridge Memory

 Shuttle Bridge, St. Marks Place, Brooklyn.  16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A revised memory.

Late Day Dean Street

 Dean Street, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  A view late in the afternoon.

Atlantic Avenue

The Open Trunk, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  

Variation on a Sidewalk

Dean Street Near Classon, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  A Brooklyn tradition: parking on the sidewalk.  This series could be called "variations on a sidewalk."

Approaching Atlantic

Approaching Atlantic on Grand Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on linen mounted to panel.  

Yellow Door

 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.  9x12 inches on gesso panel.  Early morning with a yellow door and a pinwheel composition.

Brooklyn Corner

 Washington at Dean, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on linen panel. 

Brooklyn Dumpster

Washington Avenue, Brooklyn. 9x12 inches, oil on linen mounted to panel.  I haven't done a dumpster for a while.  Another reminiscence.

On Exhibition

Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. 12x16 inches, oil on panel.  This painting will be part of the juried exhibition, Visions of Blue, from August 27th to October 26th, at the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville, VT.