"Tenements on Cooper Street - North End" (20"X16", Oil on Canvas, SOLD)
This is one of my favorite paintings and probably the most beautiful copperfront in the whole North End. It's at 18 Cooper Street and is also known as the Segel building. The graceful curves of the bays extend to the original panes of glass themselves (thankfully not replaced by the usual energy-efficient extruded aluminum flat panes during a recent and very tasteful condo renovation). This is one building that I'd love to see inside of and to live in. The only thing I would further wish is that the copper on the outside of the building could be inside as well. Imagine that beautiful sight in your living room! If I were an architect, that would be my signature element to every apartment or condo that I designed.
The "light" in this painting comes from behind and to the side of the buildings, as seen in the bright orange bricks on the side of 18 Cooper and the alleyway of the next building. The various sandstone window caps going up the gray brick portion of the building are another feature that make this building one of the prettiest in 'The Neighborhood'. One of the details that I intend to paint in the future (as mentioned in a previous post) is the lovely pair of twisted sandstone columns and the sculpted cap element that makes the entrance of the Segel building so grand.
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