Downtown LA - grey days Print

This was created in Downtown LA during the grey rainy winter. In a teacup loft with 12 foot windows looking directly into the inner cities skyscrapers. I lived in the Historic district and would walk every day enjoying the architecture of the older building. The upside down buildings in the upper left corner came out of these observations. After months of working on a very tight and complicated piece (Indigo Innards) I simply cut loose and hit the canvas with the colors in masterful swirls perfectly composed. Later adding more layers in pink and black to make it richer and more personal. I feel like the pink is me, surrounded by the blue grey downtown. leaving my mark on and in it. I like to add the illustrative buildings for enjoyment and also to draw the viewer into its context to demonstrate I can actually draw. I think of this as an abstract landscape from an inner personal viewpoint.