A lamp for New Yorkers.
Two panels present iconic features of the city (Central Park
and the East River bridges) while the intervening faces capture
its grid.
The rivers are rendered using a technique common in 19th century
lithographic maps, with successive offsets or "buffers"
of the shoreline. I love this method, as it portrays water intuitively
and legibly across a range of scales.
The composition of Central Park is as a stained glass window:
an exalted vision of the city framed within
the "masonry" of the grid.
The subtle variations in the grid along the Hudson River Greenway
and around the West Village offer calming counterpoints
to these more-dramatic features.
I have accepted commissions in this "illuminated atlas" style,
to commemorate weddings, families, and life events.
