Painting Oil on Board by Brian Sindler: Gary, Indiana, Framed

Smokestacks glow green through the haze, and the lake does not seem to mind.

Gary, Indiana is a framed painting by Brian Sindler, in oil on board, made around 2019. Gary was built around its steel mills on the southern shore of Lake Michigan, and industrial landscapes like it have drawn painters since the Ashcan School. Here a dim blue-green shoreline curves along calm water toward a skyline of stacks and plant buildings. Plumes of smoke rise into a murky sky, lit from below in yellow-green, and tiny lights pick out the waterfront. A dark rocky bank fills the lower right. It is 14 inches wide and 11 high.

Industry, softened by distance and a very good sense of color.