Ralph’s
Oil on linen, 16″ x 20″, 2024
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This nocturnal painting features Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream on Avenue A in the East Village. It’s an unusually quiet October night, with the ice cream server idly passing the time on her phone. The composition is dominated by diagonals and complementary blues and oranges.
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