First Thesis Review

I got some pretty good feedback on the paintings I am doing leading up to my thesis. I have a bunch of cityscapes that depict things like the Empire State Building, Madison Square park, the World Financial Center , and carriage horses. I take my own photographs and use the image to break down the scene into layers of patterns and colors that I then rebuild it on the canvas with paint It is a very structured and organized process, but it helps me to build the picture on my own terms. The focus for me is on the smaller parts of an image and when that comes together in the painting I feel I've built a unique bigger picture. The comments I received confirmed for me two things that I am finding are themes in my work and are areas I definitely want to focus on.

1) A Surreal and unusual color palette. It makes my paintings look a little mysterious, a bit photographic, and captures a sense of the neon glow in the city.

2)An unusual viewpoint. All of my paintings have a peculiar perspective that capture what is unique of the environment of some pretty well known areas. The framing and cropping are also somewhat photographic.