The work on view is part of a larger body of work, New York Reflections, which goes back to 1983. These paintings are of reflections in glass and steel buildings in New York City which are very much part of the “New York scape”. The paintings in the current show are reflections in windows, rathe... Read more
The work on view is part of a larger body of work, New York Reflections, which goes back to 1983. These paintings are of reflections in glass and steel buildings in New York City which are very much part of the “New York scape”. The paintings in the current show are reflections in windows, rather than reflections in glass and steel buildings, which is somewhat reverse of previous work. The windows are in older buildings, reflecting the current lights and ads of Times Square. Ms. McClintock combines the old and new to express the nature of Times Square. Jane McClintock crops and edits photographs that she has taken and then uses them as preliminary sketches. The taking of the photographs is a very important part of the process. She uses the photographs as references when making rather complete studies in watercolor. These studies morph and become abstracted as they develop into the finished paintings.
