GORGEOUS "Rockefeller Center After Dark" framed art by local artist Tina Cobelle-Sturges.

#1 of 25 printed . Limited edition fine art print on water color paper. Hand embellished.

Image Size: 19" x 21"

New York Fairy Tales

Enchanted Naiveite of New York Scenes.

This enchanting quality of Tina's New York scenes is exactly what makes them so popular with the viewers. They have something from the classic American primitive, something sentimental and Romantic. The artist creates a magical space in place of a real city, a better fictional joyous place. There is real luminosity in it that enhances a fairy tale look. Windows are all lit, snow in the streets is pure and white, the sky above the city is filled with stars, the Grand Central is peaceful and not crowded with people rushing to get on the trains. It feels like the characters that populate Tina's scenes come from her imagination and maybe from another era, purposely to enhance her point of view. She paints truly pastoral scenes full of joy, with perfect people in the perfect world. Very often she recreates the holiday spirit of New York, with Christmas trees full of lights and people engaged in leisure activities. Sometimes, it is the summertime with bright blue sky and perfectly green grass in Central Park.

Tina uses very identifiable landmarks like the Grand Central, the Central Park, the Federal Hall, the Plaza Hotel, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Rockefeller Center, etc. but she romanticizes them, makes them pure and innocent as if we are looking at them through a child's eyes. She is trying to catch a moment in time that is still fresh and ideal and to preserve it for our enjoyment.

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