Ben Aronson's Closed Ramp, Westside HighwayThere has been such an ongoing interest in a post I did months ago, called "Freeways & Overpasses; An Artist's Muse" that it's time for Freeways & Overpasses; Part II.Clearly this subject matter continues to inspire artists all over the world, regardless of style, medium, or execution. I could seriously dedicate a blog to this subject alone, but for now, this second series will have to suffice.By the way, these posts are my personal favorite posts to write and compile, but they take weeks, even months ... so I cannot do them as frequently as I'd like.The following pieces are all beautiful and timeless. Both serving as a record of human technology, evolution and transportation as well as contemporary landscapes. The following works are glimpses of the world as it stands today, with freeways as 'escape routes' and overpasses as 'architecture'.Because the last post was so well-received I have tried to include as many as I could find- within reason of course, in this one. Some of the following paintings are available, some are not, but all are worth admiring.
:The Paintings of Danny Heller:Above: "Suburbia Freeway #1" by Danny HellerAbove: Danny Heller's "Suburbia Freeway #2"above: Danny Heller's "Nightscape #1"The Work of Patricia Chidlaw:Above: Patricia Chidlaw's "Westbound Freight"And her "Railroad Bridge"and her "Overpass"The Work of Anna Conti:Above: Anna Conti's "Steel Forest"Above: Anna Conti's "Metamorphosis"The work of Stephen Dolmatch:Above: "Evening Westside Highway"Above: "Tilted Swirl"Above: Unknown title, Stephen DolmatchStephen Hicks' work:Above: Stephen Hicks' "16th and 10th ave".and above, his "Prospect & Washington"Above: Eileen David's "Lefty #9"Above: Peter Nye's "280 Overpass" (sold)Above: Tom Birkner's "Under The Bridge"Above: Bill Mosely's "SR-125" (for sale)Above: Nicholas Evans Cato's "Tiger Stripe"Above: Thomas Germano's "Underbelly"Looser and more painterly interpretations, but equally as fabulous:The work of William Wray:Above: William Wray's "134"And his "LA "The work of David Shevlino:Above: David Shevlino's "Exit"above: Shevlino's "Evening headlights"and his "Onramp"The work of Tom Brown:Above: Tom Brown's Freeway paintings from daily paintersStephen Coyle's Work:Above: Coyle's Big Dig BeginningAbove: his Rearview NightmareAbove: Coyle's March 3rdAbove: "Onramp" by Nathan BondAbove: George Nick's Route 93 and VW vanabove: Chris Greco Above: Eileen David's Under The FDRAbove: David Wells Roth's "Route 80"Above: David Wells Roth's Overpassand his "Under Mass Ave"Above: Doug Braithwaite's "Wall Avenue"And Doug Braithwaite's "Hunter Gatherers"Above: unknown title, by Jon Rader JarvisAbove: Scott Yeskel's LA #8Above: Scott Yeskel's Los Angeles, 2002Above: Craig Stephen's "Freeway Palm"Above: Stephen Magsig's Shadows, from his fabulous Postcards from Detroit seriesBelow are more graphic representations:by Elizabeth O'Reilly :Above: Elizabeth O'Reilly's Afternoon Lightand her Expressway At NightAbove: Gowanus Expressway By Nightand Ron Milewicz:Above: Citiwide Morning by Ron MilewiczAbove: his Woodside StationAbove: Sharilyn Neidhardt's Sunset BridgeBy the way, several of these painters are represented by (and their works are available from) the following galleries:The George Billis Galleries.The Chelsea Art GalleriesDFN GalleryThe Paul Theibaud galleriesonline at The Daily Painters GalleryI'm sure I have inadvertently omitted hundreds of other freeway and overpass paintings. So, maybe there will be a part III!Enjoy.
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