The City Project explores urban landscapes through abstract art. In the canvas works, resin, mica, and luminous details create cityscapes that change with the light. Two digital works offer another way to approach the same theme.
I am interested in how a city can hold different moods within the same view. Familiar forms give us a place to begin. Color, texture, and abstraction leave room to discover something less expected.
A city seen twice
These three mixed media canvases each measure 11 × 14 inches. Their light photographs show the color and surface of the work. The glow photographs reveal luminous patterns in darkness.
Use each switch to compare the two views. Select any photograph to open it larger.
Sharon’s City
11 × 14 inches. Mixed media, resin, and mica on canvas.
LBJ’s Other City
11 × 14 inches. Mixed media, resin, and mica on canvas.
LBJ’s City
11 × 14 inches. Mixed media, resin, and mica on canvas.
Texture and changing attention
Resin and mica give these cityscapes a physical presence. As you look across a composition, notice where the surface catches the light and which forms draw your attention.
Then compare the glow view. A different detail may take the lead, changing the way you move through the image. That shift is part of the experience of the work.
Digital cityscapes
Skullscraper Bound and Chicago continue the project in digital form. Explore them alongside the canvases as two more interpretations of an urban world.
Skullscraper Bound
Digital art.
Chicago
Digital art.
Find your own way through the city
An abstract cityscape can suggest a place without defining every detail. Spend a little time with the work and notice what feels familiar, what surprises you, and where your imagination fills in the spaces.
For questions about a piece, exhibitions, or care, contact me with its title. Follow the individual canvas’s care instructions before exploring its surface by touch.