West 15th Street Newels, 2008
oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Private collection.
342 West 15th Sreet, ca. 1842
These railings have lost so much through time. Decorative elements are missing and the newels posts and decorative finials have disappeared. Yet the loss allows the railings to float mysteriously in space. The spiral shadows swirl around uninterrupted.