Artist's notes...

Albany, New York. The building was an excellent example of Second Empire Victorian architecture and borrowed several of its features from New York City's Grand Central station (1871) and Chicago's Passenger Depot (1871). Changing times, a poor location and the need for more room lead to the construction of a new Albany railroad terminal. Union Depot was demolished in 1899, after only 27 years of service.

This subject had interested me for some time. It had so many great elements. It had wonderful architecture, dynamic maritime features and a site that stepped up in distinct levels from the water. The problem became one of choosing a point of view. Numerous preliminary sketches were done. I still couldn't decide, so I painted several color studies from the most promising angles. They all seemed to possess equally interesting attributes. Together, Stewart Wagner who commissioned the work, and I discussed the features of each one and finally selected the water-level view which I painted.