Picture Perfect Central Park- Just An Unimaginable Autumn Day

It's not every day that you can capture the most exquisite sites in Central Park- a picture perfect day to gaze upon the brilliance of nature right in front of your eyes. It's so breathtakingly beautiful that it's hard to believe that you haven't stepped right inside a masterpiece painting- created out of the most dreamy of imaginations.

So travel with me into a palette of autumn colors, fancy full of shades and rich textures of the park's remarkable picturesque design and magical charm.

And as daylight turns to night, and the sun slowly sets, the city comes alive again with the lights of the city's energy - transforming it's magnificent daylight into the most showstopping nightlight!

And as the moon light shines bright with it's powerful watch over the evening sky and shadows over the city that "never sleeps", a new day wakes under its strength and begins anew. One filled with the wonder of a city that changes with each blink of your eye and every moment that goes by, mirroring the image of an autumn wonderland fitted in a covering of shear brilliance.

Autumn in Central Park Painting

As we are now officially in winter, I thought it was time to finish my Autumn in Central Park painting. It's based on a photo I posted a couple of months ago that I took on 5th Avenue looking toward Central Park, somewhere between 99th and 108th Streets in a moving bus on my way to work. Here's the photo. Below is the first day I started my painting. Here's a look at the completed painting. It's a diptych comprised of 2 12" by 12" panels painted with acrylics. There is a little dripped candle wax under a few of the leaves, and 2 pieces of real bark integrated into the picture. The foreground of the picture includes some crushed red rock from Sedona along with some crushed Sedona turquoise. Hidden in the painting are two pieces of sea glass and one heart stone from Sedona. Also flying around are some birds that you may be able to find. I've also painted the sides, top and bottom of the paintings to form a continuous scene no matter which way you look at the painting. And, as I saw some finishing touches I wanted to make, I used the first thing I could find to mix some paint. Here's my latest palette. It's better than finger painting, lots of fun, and really worked well to get the shades I needed.

An Autumn Journey in New York