"Katz's Delicatessen, Lower East Side, NYC" Painting

I went to the San Francisco Art Institute. I'm a fine artist and professional photographer in NYC and LA. I try to execute a compelling visual element that contains qualities of mystery, beauty, and narrative within abstraction. In my architectural paintings, it's my intention to capture and preserve the essence and unique qualities of places that are quickly disappearing by the forces of gentrification or natural progress. The beauty of old architecture, often juxtaposed with graffiti, grime, and historical European sensibilities, creates the duality and the implied narrative. Some places still exist, while others are on the verge of disappearing, and many others are just memories now and have taken on new existences. I like to work in analog mediums such as oil, watercolor, ink, graphite, and charcoal. Most of my works are done on rag paper, board, porcelain, canvas, and other substrates.