Downtown
Stone has been painting the Downtown skyline view of the World Trade Center from his Tribeca studio window since 1980. The skyline painting practice that was an internal dialogue with his immediate world turned into a dialogue with history on 9/11/01.
The Witness series of watercolors are an elegy drawn from Stone’s experience of that tragic skyline during the attack and its aftermath. After the second tower fell, his studio was flooded by light, and he has been painting the empty skyline ever since. The downtown skyline is charged by what is not there as its buildings serve as a metaphor for its people’s resilience.. This void at Ground Zero has generated a power from the absence as forceful as the Towers did before. The morphing New York City skyline is refilled by a shimmering reminder of what once stood and promise of a future city built better still to come.
The most recent paintings depict the panoramic view from the 71st floor of 3 World Trade Center overlooking the Memorial, Downtown skyline and city beyond. The paintings foster a dialogue about how the external face of a city’s skyline reflects its peoples’ shared inner life.
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2021 Panorama Nocturne-Uptown Oil on linen 42”x56”
2021 Panorama Nocturne-Over Jersey Oil on linen 42”x56”
2021 Panorama Nocturne-Over Brooklyn Oil on linen 42”x56”
2020 Nocturne-Uptown Oil on linen 42"x56"
2021 Nocturne-Uptown Watercolor 18”x24”
2021 Nocturne-Over Jersey Watercolor 18”x24”
2021 Nocturne-Panorama Watercolor 18”x24”
2020 9-11-20 Watercolor on Arches 140 CP block 18"x24"
2020 Twilight Reflection Watercolor and ink on Arches 140 Lb CP block 24"x18"
2020 Harbor 2020 Oil on linen 20"x24"
2020 Panorama Oil on linen 42"x168"
2020 Uptown Oil on linen 42"x56"
2020 Uptown Oil on linen 42"x56"
2020 Over Brooklyn Oil on linen 42"x56"
2019 Uptown - Out 3 Oil on linen 42"x56"
2019 Fall-Memorial Oil on linen 20"x24"
2019 9:03 9/11/19 Watercolor on arches 300 Lb CP 22.5"x30"
2019 Downtown Dusk - Out 3 Watercolor on Arches 140 CP block 24"x18"
2019 Harbor Out 3 Watercolor on arches 140 HP block 24"x18"
2019 Downtown Greenwich-Iron Up Watercolor on Arches 140 CP block 12"x9"
2019 The Glade - Laying Stone Oil on linen 56"x42"
2018 Past Crane Sumi Ink wash and watercolor 12"x8.5"
2018 In the Clouds Sumi Ink wash and watercolor 12"x8.5"
2018 From 67 WTC Sumi Ink wash and watercolor 12"x8.5"
2018 9-11-18 WTC Watercolor on Arches 140 CP block 12"x9"
2018 Over Oculus-Out 3 Watercolor on Arches 140 CP block 24" x 18"
2018 Two Bridges- Out 3 Watercolor on Arches 140 CP block 9" x 12"
2018 Looking Down 3 WTC Watercolor on Arches 140 CP block 9" x 12"
2018 Roofscape- Downtown Watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb rough block 16" x 12"
2018 Roofscape Sumi ink wash 12"x8"
2018 Looking Up 9-11-18 WTC Watercolor on arches 140 CP block 12" x 9"
2018 September Skyline Watercolor on Winsor Newton 140 lb rough block
2018 Uptown from 4 WTC Sumi ink wash and watercolor 8.5" x 12"
2017 Brooklyn Winter Oil 42" x 56"
2017 Down Greenwich May 2017 Watercolor 22" x 15"
2017 Down Cortlandt Winter 2017 Watercolor 12" x 9"
2017 Harbor Spring 2017 Oil 42"x56"
2017 Harbor Dusk 2017 Oil on linen 44"x56"
2017 On 3 Watercolor 22"x15"
2017 From the Tower - East River Oil on linen 56"x42"
2016 Harbor 9/11/16 Oil 56"x42"
2016 3 Rising July 15 2016 Watercolor 14"x10"
2016 Out 4 July 2016 Watercolor 30.25" x 22.25"
2016 Over 3 June 2016 Watercolor 30" x 22.75"
2016 Out 4 May 2016 Watercolor 29.75" x 22.25"
2016 Out 4 April 2016 Watercolor 24" x 13.5"
2015 Out 4 Uptown Watercolor 24" x 9"
2015 3 Rising III Oil 48"x60"
2015 3 Rising II Oil 30"x40"
2015 3 Rising I Watercolor 18"x24"
2015 North Cove Frozen Oil on linen 9"x12"
2015 Down Cortlandt Watercolor 12"x9"
2015 Greenwich Opens Watercolor 12"x9"
2015 3 rising IV- Uptown Oil 56" x 126"
2014 Oculus 5/14 Watercolor 12" x 9"
2014 Oculus 11/14 Watercolor 12"x9
2014 Oculus 2014 Watercolor 9"x12"
2014 Uptown Oil 56" x 42"
2013 Base 1 WTC Watercolor 12" x 9"
2013 From 4 WTC Watercolor 41.25" x 29.25"
2013 One Spired Oil 40"x30"
2014 Departure Oil 42" x 56"
2013 Moonrise Downtown Oil 30"X36"
2012 On the Roof Watercolor 24" x 18"
2012 4 Rising Watercolor 24" x 18"
2012 Downtown Twilight Oil 30" x 24"
2012 First Test Watercolor 12" x 9"
2010 First Falls Oil 20" x 16"
2011 Winter Plaza Oil 56" x 42"
2011 Prelude 9-11-11 Oil 56"x42"
2011 Prelude WTC Watercolor 24"x18
2011 On One Oil 56" x 42"
2011 Over One-Liberty Tower Oil 56" x 42"
2012 One and Seven II Watercolor 12" x 9"
2009 From 7 WTC Watercolor 9" x 12"
2005 Banner II Watercolor 12.25 x 9 in
2012 In the Pit I Watercolor 9x12
2007 Towers of Light II Oil on linen 24"x30"
2007 Towers of Light I Oil on linen 48"x60"
2006 Tower of Light Watercolor 12"x9"
2008 Danger Watercolor 12"x9"
2007 Reconstruction Oil on canvas 9"x12"
2006 Downtown 9/11/06 Watercolor 26"x40"
2011 New Light Watercolor
2007 9 11 07 Watercolor 9"x12"
2004 9/11/04 Watercolor 12.25"x9"
2004 On Thomas Watercolor 12.25"x9"
2005 Winter Welder Watercolor 12.25"x9"
2005 Sparks Oil 40"x30"
2006 Inside Out Watercolor 12.25"x9"
2009 Downtown Spring Watercolor 16"x12"
2005 April 05 Watercolor 9"x12.25"
2004 Stop Watercolor 12.5"x9"
2004 1/1/04 Watercolor 9"x12"
2003 Seven Rising Watercolor 12.5"x9"
2003 Seven Rising 12/03 Watercolor 12"x9"
2004 The Pile Watercolor 12"x9"
2004 September 2001 Watercolor 12"x9"
2002 Empty Tub II Oil 60"x48"
2002 Empty Tub I Oil 60"x48"
2001 Filling Tub Watercolor 42"x29.5"
2001 Empty Tub Watercolor 42"x29.5"
2005 Under New Light Oil 60"x48"
2002 September Skyline Watercolor 30"x40"
2001 9/21/01 Watercolor 41.5"x 29.5"
2001 3:46 pm Watercolor 30"x40"
2001 3:45 pm Watercolor 42"x29.5"
2001 3:01 pm Watercolor 30"x40"
2001 Downtown Burning Watercolor 14"x20"
2002 2:45 pm Watercolor 40"x30"
2002 10:45 am Watercolor 40"x30"
2002 10:28 am Watercolor 40"x30"
2001 10:01 am Watercolor 30"x40"
2001 Collapse Watercolor 12"x19"
2001 Fireball Watercolor 24"x18"
2001 9:03 am Watercolor 40"x30"
2001 8:45 am Watercolor 40"x30"
2001 9/10/01 Watercolor 40"x30"
2000 Winter Escape Pastel 42"x32"
1999 Towers Oil on linen 40"x30"
1995 Skyline I Watercolor 26"x40.5"
2000 Blue Chelsea IV Watercolor 9"x12"
1998 Escape Pastel 42"x32"
1996 November Skyline Oil on linen 24"x30"
1997 Nocturne Watercolor 24"x18"
1999 Blue Chelsea Oil on linen 46"x68"