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Details of the blue shelter on the north platform.

Details of the blue shelter on the north platform. Forestation Syncopation (2021) © Sandy Litchfield, LIRR New Hyde Park Station.
Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design.
Photos: Etienne Frossard.
Fabrication: Mayer of Munich.
@etienne_fro @mayerofmunich
#floatglass #publicart #transportationdesign #architecturalglass #glassart #fleetingmoments #trainstation

Details of Shelter B. Forestation Syncopation (202

Details of Shelter B. Forestation Syncopation (2021) an original Artwork owned by MTA Long Island Rail Road and commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Arts & Design Located at New Hyde Park on the Long Island Railroad. Laminated floatglass. @mtaartsdesign @mta Photography by Etienne Frossard @etienne_fro Fabrication by @mayerofmunich #publicart #mtaarts #urbanforest #transportation #transportationdesign #percentforart #laminatedglass

Pleased to present-- Forestation Syncopation (2021

Pleased to present-- Forestation Syncopation (2021) an original Artwork owned by MTA Long Island Rail Road and commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Arts & Design Located at New Hyde Park on the Long Island Railroad. Includes three 20-foot long platform shelters with laminated glass artwork of 3 platform shelters --approx. 10 ft high and 20 ft long each. @mtaartsdesign @mta Photography by Etienne Frossard @etienne_fro Fabrication by Franz Mayer of Munich @mayerofmunich
#publicart #mtaarts

With an emphasis on color and light, each shelter depicts the rhythmic flows and fleeting interruptions of the surrounding landscape as it might be seen from the window seat of a train. Intervals of evergreens and oaks mingle with streetlights and utility wires; clusters of houses and buildings intersperse with forest islands and leafy backyard. The title refers not only to a forested station, but also to the variety of unexpected rhythms found in a musical score. Syncopation is a musical term that involves a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected, and often considered a vital element in holding a musical track together. Forestation is the establishment of forest growth on areas that either had it previously or lacked it naturally. Together, these two concepts describe a continuous landscape that binds and connects the urban town-scape to the tree-lined streets and parks along the railroad.
#urbanforest #transportation #transportationdesign #publicart #percentforart #laminatedglass

Studio day finally!! And spring!! A double dose of

Studio day finally!! And spring!! A double dose of goodness. 9x7” #coloredpencil on paper. Listening to #radiohead #remix thinking of #trees waking up in #newengland #landscapedrawing #springinnewengland #abstractlandscape #lightintrees #entanglements

Thanks @roberleybell @garveysimonartprojects @raf

Thanks
@roberleybell @garveysimonartprojects @raftofsanity @futurefairs for making this happen!! @artillery_mag

Opening TONIGHT!! I will be there. Come visit us!!

Opening TONIGHT!! I will be there. Come visit us!!@futurefairs with @roberleybell @garveysimon @garveysimonartprojects @raftofsanity #paintingandsculpture #sculpture #sculptureandpainting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #abstractpainting #landscapepainting #abstractlandscape #colortheory

Opens TODAY!! @raftofsanity with @roberleybell in

Opens TODAY!! @raftofsanity with @roberleybell in Buffalo. I will not be there until the closing reception April 22-23. THANK YOU Roberley and Raft for curating and hanging the work. It looks beautiful. Can’t wait to see it in person 💙💚

Getting ready for another round of Positions & Pro

Getting ready for another round of Positions & Props with @roberleybell at @raftofsanity in Buffalo opening next weekend. Love pairing my paintings with her sculptures. They just keep talking to each other. #paintingandsculpture #abstract #translations

This stack of books and this landscape are getting

This stack of books and this landscape are getting me through winter.
#chthulucene #stayingwiththetrouble #belonging #artsoflivingonadamagedplanet #latour #ecotopia #anecotopianlexicon #ilovebooks #notimeforwinterblues #wishihadmoretimetoread

Winter Field 16x20” #gouache and #coloredpencil

Winter Field 16x20” #gouache and #coloredpencil on paper. All framed up and ready to go to nyc @garveysimonartprojects @garveysimon thanks @hopeandfeathersframing
#landscapedrawing #winterlandscape #winterinnewengland #contemporarylandscapepainting #contempoaryart #landscapepainting

This one I did not destroy. But I could have. Inne

This one I did not destroy. But I could have. Inner critics can be tough. #gouache 14x11”

Destroyed with some regret 16x20” #gouache

Destroyed with some regret 16x20” #gouache

Almost done. 50x38” oil on canvas. Began last s

Almost done. 50x38” oil on canvas. Began last summer. Through many phases and layers. #slowpainting #colortheory #atmosphere #abstractpainting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #abstractlandscape #abstractlandscapepainting #dreamingofspring

A couple of recent drawings. 10x8” #coloredpenci

A couple of recent drawings. 10x8” #coloredpencil and #pastel on paper #landscapedrawing #winterinnewenland #newenglandartist

Holyoke view 38x38” started this one in August.

Holyoke view 38x38” started this one in August. Was challenged by trying to get that misty morning light which I love so much. I think it’s done now. #oiloncanvas #oilglazing #quietlandscape #morninglandscape #landscapepainting #landscape #newenglandartist #atmosphere #holyokemountainrange

I suppose it could go either way. There’s a smal

I suppose it could go either way. There’s a small pond near my house with a family of beavers making a beautiful mess. This #oiloncanvas is 20x28”Started out all neat and tight. Looked stiff and boring until I messed it up and it came alive. #beautifulmess #upsidedown #reflection #pond #atmosphere #landscapepainting #onmywalk

Path to Field. When this becomes that. 14x11” #

Path to Field. When this becomes that. 14x11”
#gouache and #coloredpencil on paper #landscapedrawing #landscapepainting #abstractlandscape #yellowpainting

New drawings. All about 9x7” or so. End of Novem

New drawings. All about 9x7” or so. End of November. Everything goes down. Inside. Brown, ochre, warm grays. Low sun. Dried goldenrod, queen-ann’s lace. A purple mountain. A plowed field. Dead head mums bend over the planter. The last is a gnarled oak from the top on Long Mt. #holyokerange #mtpollux
#graphite #graphitelandscape #landscapedrawing #moodylandscape #novemberinnewengland #darkdays #onmywalk #outmywindow #dailydrawing

Give-an-hour Get-a-drawing lives on and keeps grow

Give-an-hour Get-a-drawing lives on and keeps growing!!🌱Thanks to @laramak7 and @tim.p.pearson we’ve now raised $1750 for the UMass Architecture Access Fund, supporting under-represented students in architecture. Sold 50 out of 100 drawings (avg. drawing for $35). If you want to contribute leave comment and I will message you a link. #giveanhourgetadrawing @umassarchitecture #umassarchitecture #nomasarchitecture #diversityinarchitecture #drawingfundraiser #drawingaday #laboroflove

Give-an-hour Get-a-drawing raised over $1350 for t

Give-an-hour Get-a-drawing raised over $1350 for the UMass Architecture Access Fund, supporting under-represented students in architecture. Sold 42 out of 100 drawings (avg. drawing for $31) Thank you so much for every one who supported this project. #giveanhourgetadrawing Special thanks to @apearts who donated all their sales commission. And to @littleredbarrette @simmsjen @lisallindgren5 @mike.glier @aldella @umassarchitecture #umassarchitecture #nomas #diversityinarchitecture #drawingfundraiser #drawingaday #laboroflove

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Give an hour… get a drawing! Out My Window, On

Give an hour… get a drawing!

Out My Window, On my Walk. I offer these little labors of love to anyone willing to donate an hour of their current or most recent wage to help support diversity, equity and inclusion at The UMass Department of Architecture. The Architecture Access Fund was established in 2020 to help address a lack of diversity in the architecture student body, and ultimately the profession. This scholarship helps support socioeconomically disadvantaged UMass Amherst undergraduates and high school students attending the Summer Design Academy.

How it works...
• Pick out a drawing (or 3!) from the album @apearts , by date
• Tell the gallery attendent which drawing(s) you want
• pay the equivalent of one hour of your most recent hourly wage (ie. $15/hr...or $150/hr) for each drawing
• the gallery will mark that drawing “sold”
• Pick your drawing up the week of Nov 2-5 at the gallery
• Or leave an address and I will mail it to you

The show is up for 2 more weeks so hurry 😊 already sold over 25. of 100.

Payment options...
By moble phone to UMass direct (tax deductable, requires contact info)
• search UMass gives> Give Now> Pick Area: Architecture> further instructions: “Arch Access Fund. APE drawing”. enter billing info • show gallery attendant reciept on your iphone
By Venmo: (easier, but not tax deductable)
• @SandyLitchfield for “APE drawing.” Incude number of drawings • show gallery attendant reciept on your iphone
By check:
• Pay to the order of UMass Department of Architecture. (write “Arch Access Fund” in Notes)
By cash
• Plenty of cash machines nearby

Marion River #gouache #onpaper 2020 @apearts with

Marion River #gouache #onpaper 2020 @apearts with @roberleybell
#abstractlandscapepainting

Nice to see everyone last night! Positions and Pro

Nice to see everyone last night! Positions and Props will be up until Nov 6. with @roberleybell at @apearts #intallation #insitu #artinnewengland

OPENS TODAY!! Reception Friday 5-7 @apearts #paint

OPENS TODAY!! Reception Friday 5-7 @apearts #paintings and #sculpture pair off in a #duet of #color and #composition sharing a #formallanguage #line #shape with conceptual roots in #landscape #abstraction and #architecture. As #abstractlandscape fans, it was so exciting to unwrap these pieces and set them #sidebyside watching them connect in odd and obvious ways. #insitu #installation come see!! 👁👁

Installed today. POSITIONS & PROPS with @roberleyb

Installed today. POSITIONS & PROPS with @roberleybell at @apearts opens Wednesday with reception on Friday 10/8. #sculptureandpainting #landscapepaintingnow #beinginplace #positions&props #roberleybell #sandylitchfield #pinksculpture

Not sure what to think of this swamp painting. I’ve been working on it since February. Originally it was a horizontal landscape then it turned into a butterfly which I tried really hard to make work but couldn’t. Finally the butterfly died, rolled onto its side and became a swampy landscape. Can’t decide if it needs anything else. There’s so much paint on it. Feels very heavy and muddy but also kind of enchanting it a weird way
50x38”
#oiloncanvas #abstractlandscapepainting #abstractlandscape #swamp #muddypainting #kunst #oliveandviolet #artinnewengland #newenglandartist #landscapepainting

Quartet 4 oil on canvas 14x14” each. #squarecomp

Quartet 4 oil on canvas 14x14” each. #squarecomposition #landscapes. #arrangements #compositionalarrangement
#abstractlandscapepainting #abstractlandscape #oilpainting #simplifiedlandscape

August in Acadia 22x22” gouache on paper #wishiw

August in Acadia 22x22” gouache on paper #wishiwastherenow #gouache #landscapepainting #acadia #landscapepainting #contemporaryart #contemporarylandscapepainting #artonpaper #augustinnewengland #landscapepaintingnow

Slipway 22x22” #gouache on paper Rob’s having

Slipway 22x22” #gouache on paper
Rob’s having the boat pulled to make way for Henri, forecast to hit Sunday. ⛈ Stay safe everyone!
#stormcoming #slipway
#landscapepainting #contemporarypainting #seascapepainting #harborview #birdseyeview #artonpaper #kunstmartin #landscapepaintingnow #artnewengland #sailingartist #aeriallandscape

4 more #coloredpencil drawings from our sail. 8x6” Last day out on the water #drawingaday #sailingsketch #sailingartist #sabresailing #seascapedrawing #sailinginnewengland #landscapedrawing #smalldrawing

Off shore sketches from our cruise around the Vine

Off shore sketches from our cruise around the Vineyard and #elizabethislands Also a couple shots of my make-shift gallery and studio below deck. Having a marvelous time. #coloredpencil #menemsha #menemshasunset #sailing #sailingartist #landscapedrawing #landscapedrawinginpencil #contemporarylandscape #artonpaper #seascape #seascapepainting #sabresailing

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