Brass Band (1980)

"During my many wanderings through Greenwich Village in New York City, I came across the store with the fantastic name, The Pink Teacup." I felt that its name gave this plain store a touch of class. The musicians are types one comes across in New York, a city rich in characters. I constantly try to use design in my work. In this piece, breaking up horizontal lines with vertical lines gives me movement. Each area in the picture is as important as the other, whether it be a negative or positive part of the whole of the picture.”