Civil Architectures - The End Of The Viaduct

Author
William E. Elston

Published
Jan 15, 2019

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An Alaska Way Viaduct painting, a view from Ako Lindley's studio in the old 619 Western Building. This was purchased by the then CEO of Daniel Smith, Inc., and featured on the cover of their annual catalogue. The painting exceeded their budget, so I took half of it in trade for art supplies. I still have some of those.

This was the feature painting from an exhibition of the same name, Civil Architectures, at Davidson Galleries. I had t-shirts made to commemorate the show with this image on them, and I almost didn't make the show's deadline because I was so busy selling the t-shirts. They sold like hotcakes, and went through several printings. I still have a few of those too!