Painting Acrylic on Canvas by Brian Sindler: Evening NY, Framed

A causeway threads across dark water toward a coast scattered with small lights.

Evening NY is a framed painting by Brian Sindler, in acrylic on canvas, made around 2018. Nocturnes, paintings of the city or landscape at night, have been a favorite challenge for painters since Whistler, because so much depends on a narrow range of muted tones. Here the view is from high above, looking down on curving shorelines in blue-grey dusk. A long bridge or causeway stretches across pale water, and pinpoints of yellow light dot the land, with one reflection glinting below. The far distance dissolves into haze. It is 14 inches wide and 11 high.

The city is there, but it is keeping its voice down.