New Watercolor : Childhood Skyline Memories

Childhood Skyline Memories

9X12 Watercolor

We moved to Long Island in 1993, when both of our boys were  very young.  The first thing we did, was go to New York City- and take the trip out to the Statue of Liberty.  No matter how many times you see it, the Statue is an awesome sight!  

This watercolor is painted from a photo I took that day of the boys looking back at the New York skyline from Liberty Island.  Looking across New York Harbor, you see Ellis Island and the fantastic skyline of New York City. No matter how many photos I have taken since (and there are thousands) this is one of my very favorites.  One reason is that it reminds me of three things-

1. our big move from California to New York

2.  how much fun raising 2 little boys can be

3. how glad I am that we got to see the skyline as it was-

including the Twin Towers

World Trade Center Memory

This is a page from one of my scrapbooks- made many years ago. The photo was originally one of my favorite photos of my boys taken about 2 weeks after we moved to New York in 1993. It is still one of my favorite photos, but not simply a happy memory any longer. My last photo of the World Trade Center was taken during a weekend stay in NYC for my birthday- August 27, 2001. We stayed at the Millenium Hilton on Church Street in Downtown Manhattan. I took a photo of the Statue of Liberty from our hotel window and the Twin Towers were directly in the line of my shot. I didn't know at the time that I wouldn't be taking any more of those photos and taking those buildings for granted.