Physical GraffiTea

Oil on linen, 36″ x 48″, 2019

This is a tenement building on Saint Marks Place in the East Village. I was inspired to portray this as it is the site of the cover photo of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album Physical Graffiti, currently the site of a tea shop called Physical GraffiTea. The light is basically indirect from above, with some areas spot lit by reflections, however it is a bright sunny day, which is evident from window reflections. Each window gives us a glimpse, though sometimes distorted, of the opposing view.

Here is a video of the painting process.