Schenectady & Stockade
Downtown Schenectady, 36×48, Oil on Canvas, Schenectady, New York, October 2009. Status: For Sale; Greeting Cards Available. Schenectady may be my favorite urban city center. It’s glory days gone by and unrealized potential ahead creates a compelling paradox for me.
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: Governor Yates House, 18×24, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, September 2009. Status: Sold. History: Joseph Yates was the first mayor of Schenectady and the 4th governor of New York State (1823-1825). This house, originally two stories with gambrel roof, was erected in 1760. The addition on the left (featured in this painting) was his law office.
Arthur’s Market: 24×30, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady’s Historic Stockade, New York, June 2009. Status: Sold; Greeting Cards Available. Arthur’s Public Market is recognized by historians as the oldest, continuous food market in the United States, operating since 1795. With the Lawrence the Indian Monument practically on its front porch, Arthur’s serves as a landmark icon for Schenectady New York’s Historic Stockade.
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: 19 Front Street,16×20, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, April 2009. Status: Sold
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: 111 & 113 Union Street with Historic Yates House,16×20, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, April 2009. Status: Sold
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: Corner of Front & Ferry,16×20, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, April 2009. Status: For Sale
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: 207 Union Street, 18×24 Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, November 2009. Status: Sold on Commission
Life on Jay Street, 11×14, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, August 2010. Status: Sold on Commission
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade Mini: 26 & 30 N Ferry, 5×7, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, April 2009. Status: Sold
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade Mini: 20 & 24 N Ferry, 5×7, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, April 2009. Status: Sold
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: Hiram Ingersoll House, 4×6 Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, June 2009. Status: Sold. Inspiration:Headquarters for the Great Fur Trading Firm Phyn and Ellice Company, 1767-1776.
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: 201, 203, 205, 207 Union Street, 4×6 Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, June 2009. Inspiration:205 Union Street (third house) was the 1775 Sanders-Ellice House, now owned as The English Garden Bed & Breakfast. Status: Sold
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: Front Street Apartments, 5×7 Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, October 2009. Status: Sold on Commission
Central Park Schenectady, 18×24, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, 2008. Status: Sold, but Greeting Cards Available. Inspiration: The rose garden is one of my favorite aspects of living in Schenectady County. While sharing one last visit with my sister before a two year international trip, I was able to paint this by her side.
Central Park Rose Garden with Bench, 5×7, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, 2009. Status: For Sale. The rose garden of Central Park Schenectady is a favorite spot for my family. May boys gravitate toward the play ground, but for my wife and I, a quiet bench by the roses is tops.
Entry to Central Park, 4×6, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady, New York, 2009. Status: Sold
Scotia Firehouse, 16×20, Oil on Masonite, Scotia, New York, July 2010. Status: Commissioned and Gifted
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: Stockade Inn, 5×7, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady Stockade, New York, June 2010. Status: For Sale. Statement & History.
First Reformed Church Schenectady Stockade, 5×7, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady Stockade, New York, June 2010. Status: For Sale. Statement: The First Reformed Church is Schenectady’s oldest congregation. The church has kept records since 1680. The records include ministries to the Mohawk Indians, Gen. George Washington’s presence at a worship service during the Revolution, printing money, the change from Dutch to English to American, and the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. George R. Lunn, who left the pulpit to became Schenectady’s Socialist mayor in the early 1900’s.
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: North Church Street, 5×7, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady Stockade, New York, June 2010. Status: Sold. Statement: This plein air work was completed during the Schenectady Stockade Secret Garden Tour.
Schenectady’s Historic Stockade: Hendrick Brouwer House, 5×7, Oil on Masonite, Schenectady Stockade, New York, June 2010. Status: For Sale. Statement: The Hendrick Brouwer House was built before 1700, with later additions to the side and rear. With some cellar beams 13 inches square and foundation walls 25 inches thick, the house also has secret rooms with one rumored to be connected to an undergound passage leading to the river. Brouwer was a fure trader and known for his fairness to Indians.
