Rooftops from Madison Square Park – 24″x24″ (sold)

Rooftops from Madison Square Park

Oil on linen, 24″ x 24″, 2020, Private Collection

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This is a view of Manhattan rooftops from Madison Square Park.  The building in the middle ground is on 23rd Street, across 5th Avenue from the more well-known Flatiron Building.  The leaves from the trees in the foreground are from the park. 

A man gazes out a window, reflecting the “stay at home” period of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Compositionally, I was interested in how the diagonals of both buildings make the eye dance around in circles.