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This drawing is called Elevated Train in the Bronx. It’s 11x14 inches, drawn in 2025 using black crayon on heavy cotton Rives BFK paper. I made it as part of a series reflecting on the Bronx and the kinds of neighborhoods I knew growing up—working-class, gritty, and full of visual rhythm.
The drawing shows a train curving into an elevated platform while a lone figure in a coat walks away. The train’s face is front and center, almost like it’s staring back at the viewer. The details in the train—vents, windows, bolts—are tightly drawn, while the rest of the scene opens up into quick, gestural lines and soft shading. I used black crayon instead of pencil because it holds up better over time and has a texture that grabs the paper beautifully.
The drawing has a graphic quality: bold outlines, flattened space, and strong contrasts between the hard geometry of the train and the curved platform. The figure is secondary but still key—it gives the scene scale and human presence. The gestural strokes in the sky, trees, and figure create motion, while the vertical lines on the train and the diagonal platform lines form a rhythmic structure that pulls your eye through the composition.
It’s an asymmetrical layout, guided by the rule of thirds—the train takes up the right side, and the figure anchors the left. Even though it’s a drawing of a specific place, it feels more like a memory—focused on how it felt to be there rather than how it looked exactly.
Like a lot of my work, this isn’t just about urban scenery—it’s about visibility and honoring everyday moments. Elevating working-class people and places through art is a quiet kind of resistance too.
Details
Title: Elevated Train in the Bronx
Medium: Black crayon on Rives BFK cotton paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches
Year: 2025
Unframed
Signed and dated lower left
Ships flat in archival sleeve with backing
Original drawing—not a print
FREE SHIPPING
Shipping takes 3–4 Weeks
This ships from Round Lake Beach, Illinois. A suburb outside of Chicago. I use UPS and sometimes US Post.
This drawing is called Elevated Train in the Bronx. It’s 11x14 inches, drawn in 2025 using black crayon on heavy cotton Rives BFK paper. I made it as part of a series reflecting on the Bronx and the kinds of neighborhoods I knew growing up—working-class, gritty, and full of visual rhythm.
The drawing shows a train curving into an elevated platform while a lone figure in a coat walks away. The train’s face is front and center, almost like it’s staring back at the viewer. The details in the train—vents, windows, bolts—are tightly drawn, while the rest of the scene opens up into quick, gestural lines and soft shading. I used black crayon instead of pencil because it holds up better over time and has a texture that grabs the paper beautifully.
The drawing has a graphic quality: bold outlines, flattened space, and strong contrasts between the hard geometry of the train and the curved platform. The figure is secondary but still key—it gives the scene scale and human presence. The gestural strokes in the sky, trees, and figure create motion, while the vertical lines on the train and the diagonal platform lines form a rhythmic structure that pulls your eye through the composition.
It’s an asymmetrical layout, guided by the rule of thirds—the train takes up the right side, and the figure anchors the left. Even though it’s a drawing of a specific place, it feels more like a memory—focused on how it felt to be there rather than how it looked exactly.
Like a lot of my work, this isn’t just about urban scenery—it’s about visibility and honoring everyday moments. Elevating working-class people and places through art is a quiet kind of resistance too.
Details
Title: Elevated Train in the Bronx
Medium: Black crayon on Rives BFK cotton paper
Size: 11 x 14 inches
Year: 2025
Unframed
Signed and dated lower left
Ships flat in archival sleeve with backing
Original drawing—not a print
