Grafitti kid in the subway: 3 views (study) Painting

For the last 48 years I have drawn and painted images of people in the NYC subway, most have been Black kids on subway platforms and many have been of taggers or graffiti writers as far back as 1969. One of the nearest influences or sympathies is in the paintings of Chaim Soutine. The work of Gandy Brodie has been a very great influence on me and his paintings of city life have always inspired me and been close to my feelings about painting my environment and the city. For me, painting is direct, it is unfiltered truth as much as possible. I do not try to make a statement but rather read life from it afterward. Unlike many artists of this time especially, whether I should like to engender some certain response in a viewer or not the act of painting and drawing obviates any such trivialities in me, simply burns those away. Good or bad, the value in my work hangs on this fact.

Painting:Gouache on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:30 W x 20 H x 0.1 D in

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