Day two hundred and nine: Biking home from the UPS customer service center as dusk fell, I got to experience the view of downtown Philadelphia at night. It doesn’t really look like this. The sketch was co-inspired by a photograph by Paul Strand of rooftops of tall buildings that I saw from above. It doesn’t really look like this either. While I was painting, I heard rain begin to pound on the windows, so I added a storm to the scene. Spontaneously composed, yet I like the idea it conveys of energy: all the people in the civilized buildings with their lights on, juxtaposed with the power of nature, lightning and all.
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