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In this series I am satisfying a primal urge. There is something about nighttime in the jungle of the urban landscape that reaches into the primitive part of the brain. We interpret the night differently. The ordinary is transformed. Our senses are more acute. There is a touch of danger but also a heightened loneliness. Because of the surrounding darkness, light dances and hits our eyes more intensely. Colors are more saturated. If the street is deserted, you can hear the hum of the neon, the echo on the sidewalks.

What better city to explore these things…

Chicago.

I create these paintings in a primitive way but my medium is as high tech as it gets. I use the most simple brush – my finger, the canvas – an iPad. The act of finger-painting on an iPad is like painting with light itself. There is a satisfying immediacy to the medium. The subjects I choose to paint shine in the night. Some of them are well known, others just attract me like a moth. The streets of Chicago offer an endless source of possibilities.

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Blues

New Modern Grill

Wiener Circle

Aragon

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Dinkel's

Stella's

Holiday Club

Wilson El

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Central Camera

Johnny's Grill

Green Door Tavern

The Green Mill

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Newsstand

Heartland Cafe

Golden Apple

Ideal Pastry

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Chicago Theatre

House of Blues

Hotel Chateau

Andersonville Tower

Mayne Stage

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Davis Theater

Ravenswood
Clocktower

Gene & Georgetti

Wrigley Field

Double Door

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Logan Theatre

Margie's

Ribs N Bibs

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