This series of paintings seems like a natural evolution for me. I thoroughly enjoy painting portraits/figures and cityscapes – why not combine them to tell stories about how people interact with the built environment? The series began as monochromatic value studies. I pushed the underpaintings way further then I normally do – to the point that I thought maybe they were finished as an exercise. However, I have begun to develop several of them further in a very narrow color range – while allowing some of the original transparent sepia color to remain part of the composition. Stay tuned….