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.

Watercolors at Bowling Green

Bowling Green Manhattan Plein Air

Whenever I'm in lower Manhattan- which is not infrequently- I always manage to make a plein air watercolor or two in and around the Bowling Green, Whitehall, and the Staten Island Ferry.

Here's a few..

 Battery Park

watercolor by Keith Gunderson

 Bowling Green Station

watercolor by Keith Gunderson

View from the Ferry
watercolor by Keith Gunderson

Whitehall and the Ferry
watercolor by Keith Gunderson

Ellis Island and the Ferry

I painted this scene from Liberty state Park near the old train station. It's an amazing view of the city and harbor