BRIDGES OF
THE HUDSON VALLEY
How has the
cultural renewal in the Hudson Valley influenced your art?
What drew to
me to paint the Walkway over the Hudson was the idea of renewal, about
making this outdoor space useful again. But, how do I capture that in
color, contrast, height and depth? Retrofitting the bridge with a walkway
gave the Hudson Valley a terrace in the sky which could not be more inspiring.
I feel we should when possible retro-fit older structures and give them
a second life. We have many older industrial buildings in upstate NY,
and we only have recently begun to create the conditions for architectural
talent to revive these structures.
The painting
of the walkway shows the renewal of the past.
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