This series is based on the view out of the bedroom window of the apartment I lived in for 6 years in Washington DC. The building behind my apartment was much taller, and dominated the view. That building was fancier than mine, and had a large patio with a barbecue pit that it’s tenants would loudly enjoy. They also had a pool, which was mostly out of view, but I could catch a glimpse of it – enough to fuel the jealousy on hot summer days. They also all had private decks, which somehow made their lives more public. There is a silent complicity between people who can see into each others’ living spaces, and the space between my window and that building vibrated with it.
The color palette is dominated by the sandy-yellow bricks that both buildings were made out of. In the smaller paintings I explored the colors of rainy days, humid evenings, and snowy nights – when the lights of the city are reflected back as an orange-purple haze.