Sometimes the "Great American Road Trip" begins with less than perfect conditions.......

This painting is done in both watercolor and acrylic on Arches 140 Lb. cold press paper. It depicts rush hour on a day when the snow is beginning to fall. Someone in one of the cars in front is patriotically waving an American flag and the checkered cab seems to be making little progress towards it's destination. Hopefully, the passengers aren't trying to catch a flight. After having recently dedicated time to my feelings about the war, it is uplifting and refreshing to paint a very American scene, albeit one of "gridlock", in the greatest city in the world.....the city of my birth, New York City .