"58 Prince Street in the Evening - North End" (20"X16", Oil on Canvas, $650)
This is a slightly different angle on one of my favorite views in the North End: 58 Prince St and the corner of the adjacent building. The early evening hour makes the windows glow with interior light while leaving the beauty of the architecture visible, but with slightly washed-out color on the copper patina that I love so much. The main idea here is the calm that settles over the North End for an hour or two as people return from work and eat dinner, but before the rest of the city and the tourists swarm in for their later meals in the many restaurants (over 100) that make 'The Neighborhood' a food destination known all around the country.
The 'six-up, six-down' wooden window frames have been replaced with new, energy-efficient extruded aluminum-style windows since this painting was done, featuring a single double pane of glass top and bottom. I'm sure the tenants are much more comfortable, and the landlords are getting a savings on the heat, but I'm also sure that some of the visual charm of the graceful and intricate copper bay window columns is gone forever.
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