Sansome Painting

I have spent decades looking at cities and trying to identify the essential elements of my favorite places. This Urban Views series of paintings is part of that exploration, and Sansome street in San Francisco's Financial District is one of those places. San Francisco has many distinct features. Some are obvious, like the steep hills and the Golden Gate Bridge. Others are a little more subtle, like the way certain streets feel like canyons, since they are narrower, lined with tall buildings; or the way sodium vapor streetlights and fog conspire to produce an otherworldly golden glow. The canvas is finished on all edges and arrives ready to hang, no framing required.