Oil on Canvas, 16 x 47 inches (41 x 119 cm) Status: For Sale 
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“Panorama of Southie Saint Patrick’s Day Parade – Boston, MA”
The piece is framed in a specially commissioned, hand carved, 22k gold leaf frame by Quattro Frameworks, Inc. of Astoria Queens, NY, that features twenty-two shamrocks carved subtly into the ornate decoration.
Painting Close-ups:
Headed to one of the top St Patrick’s Day parades with my college buddy. True to what you would expect of Southie …we were both almost in a fight and invited to someone’s house party . Good times.
The piece includes [parade order of procession (right to left) moving along Broadway at Dorchester Street intersection in South, Boston]:
- U.S. Military Color Guard
- Marine Corps Band
- Boston Mounted Police Equestrian Unit (Unfortunately this unit was disbanded in 2009)
- Parade Grand Marshal and WWII Veteran Joseph P. Murphy
- Saint Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland atop a float with waving children
- Irish step dancers
- Irish American Police Officers Association Pipes & Drums (IAPOA) Corp
- The Lexington Minutemen
- U.S. Coast Guard Cape Cod Air Station Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
- News cameraman filming
- Thousands enjoying the parade
The Creative Process Captured
Celebrating St. Patty’s in Southie with my college buddy in 2008
Mosaic of images taken that day:
Initial oil sketch:
Progress pics:
Finally a few pics with the piece before shipping off:
With my best fur buddy Rocco
Example what might look like on your wall.