Factory, 24"x32", ©2005. Oil

The facade of a now-demolished factory complex on the riverfront in Branford, CT

Factory Wall, 50" x 50", ©2005, Oil, Private Collection

Daylight entering an abandoned factory in Georgetown, Connecticut

One of the few steel plants still in operation in the American Rust Belt

The theatre in Eastern State Penitentiary, a prison built in 1822 on 11 acres in what is now central Philadelphia.  Eastern State closed in 1971 and is now on the list of one hundred most endangered monuments in the world. 

Sunset at the Sloss Iron Furnaces.

Constructed to withstand internal explosions, the Winchester factory was  riddled with reinforcing bars and thus so strong that, during WWII, tanks were repaired on its upper floors. After finishing this painting I discovered a drawing by Hubert Robert (1733-1808) of classical ruins that was eerily similar to my image. 

Until its demise in 1975, the Bigelow Company in New Haven, CT,  made boilers for stationary and marine applications used throughout much of the country.

Many 19th century industrial buildings are altered for other uses over time and their interiors become peculiarly disorganized. 

In my paintings based on views of Eastern State Penitentiary, I have removed all specific evidence relating to the nature of the site so that  they carry a larger message about  melancholy and the passage of time.

Just before its demise this complex was the setting for the film "Other People's Money".

One of many empty buildings on the old Bethlehem Steel site in Bethlehem, PA.