Painting an old brick building

Evening Light, 9" X 12" Bruce Black, 2022 (oil on canvas)

I don't do a lot of architectural paintings, but this building caught my eye, and I gave it a shot.  While driving through a small town in upstate New York, I spotted this  building with sunlight just hitting its side.  It was a beautiful moment with the warm light moving through the foliage of a large tree and then dancing across the old red bricks. 

The whole scene recalls a time in America that has passed.  It has a lonely Edward Hopper quality and seems to be asking us for a return to more simple days.  A time when we knew our neighbors and all possibilities were in front of us. 

I like this one.