2022 - 8”x10”
Acrylics on birch wood floater panel (by Trekell Art Supplies)

Bridge No. 700 carries Guinea Road over Route 15 in Stamford. It's a single-span, classical revival concrete arch, built in the late 1930s along with the rest of the Merritt Parkway. I rarely drive by it, but this painting holds a special place in my collection.

In late 2019, a colleague I'd learned a great deal from retired early. His retirement gift was a printout of this same bridge, an old photocopy of a painting by an unknown artist. Apparently it was his favorite bridge.

About a year and a half later, he passed away, a year after another colleague, only 31 and a new mother, had also died unexpectedly. Together they made me think about the people close to us and the memories we leave behind.

This painting is in memory of both. It's part of my bridge series (2021–present).

Rev 10/2026