Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

This painting was commissioned by someone who saw the Oxford Churchyard painting after it had been sold and wanted something similar. I went to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, which is not far from where I lived in Westchester, NY, at the time, and took a large number of photos from all over the cemetery. I wound up painting this one because I really liked the pose of the statue, and I thought it would make a good focal point. I found it interesting to paint this one after having done the Oxford one. All of the gravestones at Sleepy Hollow are much more recently placed as compared to the Oxford stones, and most of them are still in good condition. It gave the whole painting a very different feel, despite the similarity of subject matter. This painting is currently in a private collection in Texas.

Oil on Canvas, 16"x20", 2002