Tag Archives: construction
Meditation Series: (1/8) Street Saw, NYC (1989)
A man is using a huge circular saw to cut into the street in this scene. I was more interested in portraying the worker than the storefronts in this, the original version of this set of meditations. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My […]
Meditation Series: (5/8) Street Fair, NYC (1988)
My hero is again, front and center in this sketch. In the background is the inside wall of a building, whose outer walls were demolished. One can see where the stairwells and floors were once attached. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My […]
OtherArtbyJack: Building the Guggenheim Museum Addition (1989)
I painted this from my 1989 photo of the Guggenheim during the building of its addition, during a walk on Museum Mile in New York City. This is a 6×4″ print will be available (matted) on my soon-to-be-opened Etsy shop called OtherArtbyJack (tentative name).
Careful with that Backhoe!
Closed for Repairs
Sketch Book Series: Construction Work (September 2008)
I did this painting in a waiting room with a travel watercolor kit, on a hand-made sketch book that my niece made for me.
Vintage Photo: Anatomy of a Building, NYC, Late 1980s
Construction: Will’s Clock Tower
As promised, today’s post features my grandson Will’s construction of the Hillsdale Clock Tower, whose clock was stopped by a bolt of lightning at 10:04 PM, that stormy night in 1955. Below is a photo that details the bell, spire and clock face. Will fashioned the brass bell from the mortar part of an old […]
Lines into Action
Today, we were in the same neighborhood where I captured painted lines on the ground last month. Not the lines that indicate parking places but lines that seemed like directions of some sort. They were in code. Here is a shot of the people who know the code and are building/installing to the proper specifications.
