“The hotel is centered and square, and possibly under construction. The very few curves and wedges leave almost no motion. Nondescript barriers, shrubs, and shipping containers are square bands and blocks of framing. Together, framed by the bridge. Then framed again in a literal picture frame.”

Ravel Hotel from Queensbridge Park Greenway, Queens New York
08.2025 (frame), 04.2022 (artwork)
11 x 9.25 x 1.2 in. (frame), 5.25 × 7 in. (artwork)
oil colors, acrylic, paper, fiberboard, museum board, veneer plywood, epoxy, polyurethane

The frame is hand-fabricated by the artist using unique processes

Series 5
David Eli Tompkins