Serafina on Ludlow

Oil on linen, 24″ x 24″, 2021

The setting is Rivington and Ludlow in the Lower East Side. The Serafina Restaurant is in the foreground. There is graffiti on the buildings, some from the BLM protests in 2020. A senior walks into the scene with a cane. His jacket reflects the jacket worn by the man pictured in the graffiti. A young woman crosses his path, while an embracing couple looks on. A man sitting under an umbrella reviews the scene. The composition is dominated by reds and yellows and a prominent diagonal formed by the edge of the sidewalk.