Unvanquished

"Invictus 2020," oil on canvas, 36x18

As noted elsewhere on this blog, cities are where the majority live today, both in this country and in the world as a whole. So although plein air landscapes and studio landscapes have occupied a great deal of my time lately, cities haven't been far from my thoughts.

"Invictus 2020" is a recent cityscape that celebrates how the United States and New York City were able to transcend the covid pandemic. Invictus, of course, is Latin for unconquered. This large studio work was inspired by a 10x8 oil sketch of the famous Chrysler building that I had called "Invictus," and painted to celebrate how Manhattan had overcome the attacks of September 11, 2001. In that time, before the pandemic, the attack was likely the biggest trauma and challenge faced by New York. I wanted to comment on how well the city was responding to the pandemic but wanted to set this work apart from the earlier one.

 

 

 

 

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