Waiting #68 by Brett Amory
Wow. The painter Brett Amory really captures the loneliness and anonymity of cities. His work focuses on urban subject matter, specifically the alienation and anticipation that are constants in our mundane lives.
Waiting #67 by Brett Amory
Waiting #66 by Brett Amory
Amory was born in Chesapeake, VA but has spent years in the Bay Area, first in San Francisco and now in Oakland. Above, a few of my favorites from the series Oakland Anticipations. Below, examples from 24 in New York:
Williamsburg Bridge 7-8am (Waiting #175) by Brett Amory
Coney sland 8-9am (Waiting #170) by Brett Amory
Grand Central Station 7-8pm (Waiting #177) by Brett Amory
Bleecker Bob’s 9-10pm (Waiting #173) by Brett Amory
The above paintings remind me of early work by Mark Rothko. He later became better known for his color field “multiforms,” but I love these early urban scenes:
Untitled (Subway) by Mark Rothko
Amory’s work is also reminiscent of Edward Hopper, whose drawing exhibit I saw this summer at the Whitney, including numerous studies for this famous painting:
Nighthawks by Edward Hopper
See more of Amory’s work here.
Department of Everyday Visualingual 
Reblogged this on Charly's History.
Speak for yourself! My life is not filled with alienation, and it is not mundane.
Oh, who am I kidding. Yes, yes, it is. 😉
That said, I really like the Bleecker Bob’s.
LOL! It happens to the best of us.
By the way, Bleecker Bob’s closed not long ago, making that painting even more poignant.