A Child Of Atom

Eyvind Earl is my favorite artist that you've never heard of. I guarantee that you know have seen his work, and hopefully admired it, but never contemplated what the rest of his body of work might look like. He is most famous for having done the background paintinsg for Disney's Sleeping Beauty. But he has a whole other body of work that is rarely shown or discussed. Recently I came across this image of his, depicting a winter scene in New York City.


Lovely isn't it? As stylized as it is I recognized it immediately. The Gapstow Bridge in Central Park. Here is a photo I took of the area yesterday, trying to capture it as closely to the painting as I could. You can see the familiar outline of the Plaza Hotel in the painting, but it is a bit too far over in real life. He also seems to have reversed the direction of the creek, for aesthetic reasons I'm sure. I love trying to see some inspiration as the artist would have seen it though.
I'll tell you a little secret... I was in the area because the final point in one of my puzzle geocaches is close by. Shh!