Seaview Woods copyright sean lewis 2012

A visit to an abandoned mental hospital in Staten Island, NY.

 I stumbled upon Seaview Hospital while doing some research on Google Maps. I was intrigued by the amount of abandoned buildings and the size of the largest building (about 8 floors). Here are some shots that I took there.

Seaview Fireplace copyright sean lewis 2012

Seaview Abstract #1 copyright sean lewis 2012

Seaview Door #1 copyright sean lewis 2012

Seaview Chair copyright sean lewis 2012

Seaview Abstract #2 copyright sean lewis 2012

Seaview Door #2 copyright sean lewis 2012

 

I was very intrigued by the colors here. This is one of the first abandoned buildings I've seen that wasn't entirely covered with graffiti. Many of the rooms felt almost Mediterranean, like this one:

Seaview Door #3  copyright sean lewis 2012

 

Don't worry, Plenty of black and whites to come.

Christmas Presents!

Sorry about the delay in posts. It was a busy holiday in Detroit and Chicago. I did get some cool digital pics of nuclear power plants on the way home in Pennsylvania. I'll post some art made from those soon. This year I made everyone art for Christmas and was planning on posting all the pieces after I gave them out, but things got busy and I didn't scan or photograph any. Many of the pieces were made digitally, but then traced, drawn, or painted. So, I'm going to post a few of the initial digital pieces. Here is one that I gave to my dad. It's based off the same Mercedes that I painted (shown in first post).

Mercedes collage 1 copyright sean lewis 2009

Another photo abstraction

I took one of the black and white photos from an earlier post and made this color overlay in photoshop. I then painted it in oil for Geoffrey for christmas! Merry christmas!

Industrial Building #3 copyright sean lewis 2009

Sidewalk findings

I walked around Clinton Hill today looking for cool sidewalk crack patterns. Finding good ones was actually harder than I thought. I guess people keep their sidewalks in good repair in my hood. Here's one of the pieces I made from them: Sidewalk Crack #1 copyright sean lewis 2009

I also found this green paper that had amazing folds: Green Paper copyright sean lewis 2009