Central Park in Fall

This is the second piece in my "Six Views of the Empire State" series. I love all the warm colors that blanket Central Park in the fall. Best wishes to everyone for a happy Thanksgiving!

Autumn Lovers

I was inspired to create this piece after my sister announced her engagement. They are planning a fall wedding. The warm tones of fall seem the perfect backdrop for a celebration of partnership, love and commitment. It's also a romantic scene to envision a couple standing beneath a colorful tree with swirling leaves falling around them.

Autumn Leaves

Walking through the city, you become aware of fall's arrival as you hear leaves of all different shapes and sizes crunching beneath your feet. Here is a collage of some of the colorful leaves I have seen in my jaunts around the city over the past week!

Autumn in Morningside Heights

The other evening, I walked down Morningside Drive and stopped to appreciate the view of Morningside Park with Central Harlem in the background. There is a great lookout near 116th St. which is elevated over the park and affords a sweeping view of Harlem and Morningside Park. Some of the leaves were starting to turn on the trees. This is my interpretation of the scene.

Green NYC at Night in Autumn

I was inspired to create this piece after spending some time in Central Park on Sunday and envisioning colorful autumn leaves with their organic shapes against the linear skyscrapers of New York City. I used gouache paint to create the inky night sky, black construction paper to create the cityscape and gouache-painted paper to create the moon and trees. I really enjoyed cutting out the oak leaves, trying to make each shape unique, and figuring out the best way to position them in the composition.

Autumn Trees

This weekend, when I biked in Central Park I noticed a few sycamore and oak trees clustered together. The leaves were beginning to turn and they looked striking against the bright, blue sky. I tried to capture that color in this piece. The sky is a wash of watercolor and the trees are cut out with gouache-painted paper.

First Sign of Fall

Biking in Central Park this weekend, I observed that some of the leaves are already beginning to turn! With the days growing shorter and the air feeling crisper, the warm hues of autumn are nearly upon us. I love the brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows of maple trees. Here in New York City, oak trees are more common. While oak leaves usually turn brown, I took some artistic license to make them more colorful in this piece!