In the Wake of the Ferry

In the Wake of the Ferry

When in Manhattan I try to take the Staten Island Ferry across and back which gives me great motifs to paint with my watercolors.

In the Wake of the Ferry

7" x 9" watercolor

by Keith Gunderson

Here are two versions of this scene painted by John Sloan around 1907, along with an intaglio etching. Sloan titled the two paintings "In the Wake of the Ferry".Version one  is in the Phillips collection in Philadelphia and version two is in Detroit.

This was an etching Sloan made around the same time.

Jersey City Tugs

Not too far from where I painted the previous painting is where I painted this scene.It's at Liberty State Park- looking north from the old Morris canal in Jersey City. There's a kind of marina there .Hardly recognisable now with all the development. A gritty part of town in a city with a lot of heart.

Jersey City Plein Air

Here are are few plein air paintings from the streets of Jersey City.

 

The Staten Island Ferry from near Exchange place. This view is now obscured by a high rise.

 

 

I painted this from Liberty state Park,, a view of some old tugs moored in the old Morris Canal.

City hall is just beyond.

A view of Ellis Island from Liberty State Park. Liberty looms from off to the right.