Forward Spiraling City, 2026

Oil on linen canvas

A whirling collection of Buffalo's iconic architecture, foods, landmarks, memories and dreams come true; this multi-element painting depicts the "tug" or upward pull on the buildings. They are being swept up into the vortex of the football shape you see in the center. This is our ever-Forward Spiraling City. The artwork depicts 65+ buildings, landmarks, and Buffalo specific icons and items.

Over 65 iconic images Included in the artwork:

Shea's Marquee, Richardson Complex, Chicken Wings & Celery,  Bleu Cheese, Buffalo Plaid Napkin, Eternal Flame, Chestnut Ridge Park, Prudential\Guaranty Building, Niagara Falls (w/Maid Of The Mist), Peace Bridge, Canada\USA Flags, Breakwall (w\ Water Intake), Electric Tower, Lamp from Forest Lawn, City Hall, McKinley Monument, Butter lamb, Adirondack chairs, USS Sullivans, Soldiers & Sailor's Mmnt., USS Little Rock, USS Croaker(sub), Armory, Grain Elevators, Steel Plant, Tewksbury Bridge, Botanical Gardens, Kleinhans Music Hall, Herschell Carousel Horse, Seneca Chief Canal Boat, Japanese Garden Sculpture, Delaware Park Bridge, Rose Garden (w/Pussy Willow) ECC City campus/Old Post Office, Liberty Building, Statler Towers, Ellicott Square Building, "Spirit Of Buffalo" Sailboat, Roast Beef On Weck, Statue Of David, Central Terminal (Train Station), Concourse Clock, Saint Paul's, Cathedral , Gold Dome Bank, Chief Red Jacket Monument, Lighthouse (built 1833), Lens of that lighthouse, Window of The Dun Building, Sponge Candy!, Hotel Lafayette, Seneca One Tower, Our Lady Of Victory Basilica,Ellicott Square Stairs & Entryway , Small table in Wilcox Mansion where Theodore Roosevelt took the Presidential oath of office, Canalside Dock & cobblestones, Edward M. Cotter Fire Boat, AKG Town Square funnel of "Common Sky", Ice Crystals & Snow, Shoveled by Goddess Of Victory Statue, Rand Building, Cherry Blossom Festival, History Museum Science Museum, County Hall , Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House, Pirogi, Market Arcade Building