Behind the Facade

 Description: Acrylic on Canvas.

Size: 18″ wide x  24″ tall, unframed.

About: Based on a photo I took in Seattle in 2021. The city was undergoing major construction during our visit. This lone construction board struck me as funny, with no others in sight. The building behind it was unoccupied. So the question becomes: why was that lone construction board there?

The concept stayed with me for a while before finally taking shape in paint. The palette is less saturated than the colors I usually use. The subject matter focuses more on graffiti than structure, which is new for me. Most of the graffiti was already on the board when I photographed it, but I added the graffiti from a train car (the large pink, yellow, and green section).