Figurative — Before 1990
In my early days in New York City, I became fascinated by people coming and going; capturing them first in watercolor, then in oil.

The paintings from 1984-1989 are based on photographs and drawings I made in the lobby of World Trade Tower II. Reflected sunlight cascaded into the lobby near the elevators in the spring and fall. The people who were passing through seemed to dissolve in the brilliance of the reflected sunlight; then they disappeared into or emerged from the dark spaces of the elevators. It is shattering that light and space broke apart one day into dust and bits.
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Passages in Darkness 5Men in the ShadowState Street Plaza 3Passages in Darkness 2Passages in Darkness 4Passages in Darkness 7Darkness and Light 3The ElevatorDarkness and Light 28Darkness and Light 22State Street Plaza 16The Passage 58