Barracks 2
2009
oil on canvas
10 x 24"

Around 2007, I began making small paintings of abandoned army barracks in Fort Tilden, on the Rockaway Peninsula. Now decommissioned, Fort Tilden is part of Gateway National Park. In 2010, I revisited the paintings, imaginine a 16-foot rise in sea levels, caused by the Greenland ice sheet sliding into the ocean. In 2012, Superstorm Sandy struck, with a 16-foot wall of water. The water has receded, for now, but the area has been completely transformed, covered with sand from what was once huge protective dunes. I am revisiting the barracks once again, looking at a landscape covered by a blizzard made of gray sand. The paintings now come in sets of three.

Barracks 2 (Sea Level)
2010
oil on panel
10 x 24 inches
Barracks 2 (Sandy)
2013
oil on panel
triptych, 10 x 24" total
Tilden Barracks Red
2009
oil on canvas panel
7.5 x 12"
Tilden Barracks Red (Sea Level)
2010
oil on canvas panel
7.5 x 12"
Tilden Barracks Red (Sandy)
2013
oil on canvas panel
7.5 x 12"
Officer's Quarters
2009
oil on canvas panel
15 x 20"
Officer's Quarters (Sea Level)
2010
oil on canvas panel
15 x 20"
Officer's Quarters (Sandy)
2013
oil on canvas panel
15 x 20"
Army House
2009
oil on canvas panel
7.5 x 12"
Army House (Sea Level)
2010
oil on canvas panel
7.5 x 12"
Army House (Sandy)
2013
oil on canvas panel
7.5 x 12"
Time and Tide
2011
O/C
23 x 48 inches
Barracks at Fort Tilden 1
2008
oil on canvas
7 x 22"
Barracks at Fort Tilden 1 (Sandy)
2013
oil on canvas
7 x 21"
Sandy 1
2013
oil on panel
8.5 x 17"