I really should be posting this in the month of March, due to the subject matter, but I'll have moved on to something else by then. There was about a four or five year period where I just happened to be in NYC on St. Patrick's Day. It might have seemed intentional, considering my Irish heritage, but it was really about attending the early spring exhibits at the Society of Illustrators. The Parade was a bonus! It was a real marathon and I'm sure that all participants made sure to load up on liquid carbohydrates. I painted this scene from several bad photos that I had taken. It is a good example of "shape welding". I eliminated the separation of figures and combined all of the dark uniforms to make one large, more interesting, graphic shape. Cheers!
