Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 48 inches.

I painted Fran Lebowitz standing in flooded water in front of her old neighbor The Art Students League of New York, where I work. On either side is the courtyard structures from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. These shades of terracota and stronger blues/greens were a precursor to my going to Italy and falling in love with Rome (and Venice, but I need more time in Rome!)