I have always been a representational painter. Nevertheless, I consider my paintings to be abstractions of reality. I avoid illustration, but I appreciate the narrative aspect that all representational painting unavoidably has. And, the “story” I have to tell is about the mutability of cities. As a life-long New Yorker, I know from firsthand observation how dramatically a city’s neighborhoods can change socially, culturally and demographically; undergoing structural transformations as a consequence. Landmarks, such as the Guggenheim Museum, Carnegie Hall and Jefferson Market Library offer a counterpoint to the surrounding flux, which is why I often choose landmarks to serve as the focal point of my cityscapes, but my subject is really the greater context in which they exist.