Stencils of gaskets are used in these paintings to suggest the industrial landscape around my studio in Brooklyn, NY: abandoned factories, warehouses, rusted loading cranes and other heavy machinery. The color fields suggest tactile surfaces of corroded metal, sooty walls, hanging wires, asphalt, cement, oil spills, sludge. An acid green painting refers to the toxic waters of the Gowanus Canal.

1993-1996 Urban Landscapes
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Industrial Doily
1996
oil on canvas
30"x30"
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Urban Elegy
1995
oil on canvas
20"x24" (diptych)

ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes acrylic on paper
Untitled (528)
1995
acrylic on paper
14"x17.5"
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Gowanus Canal
1995
oil on canvas
30"x30"

ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Rust Wash
1995
oil on canvas
24"x28"
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes acrylic on paper
Untitled (533)
1995
acrylic on paper
26"x26"

ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Untitled No.5
1994
oil on canvas
24"x24"
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Traffic Clown
1995
oil on canvas
24"x30"

ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes acrylic on paper
Untitled (529)
1995
acrylic on paper
19.5"x25"
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Braces
1995
oil on canvas
20"x24"

ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Gear Shift
1996
oil on canvas
48"x54"
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on canvas
Untitled No.6
1994
oil on canvas
18"x18"

ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes acrylic on paper
Fruit of the Vine
1995
acrylic on paper
24"x14.5"
ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes oil on paper
Untitled
1996
oil on paper
18"x21"

Initials AS on front.

ANNE SEELBACH 1993-1996 Urban Landscapes acrylic, twine on paper
Mask
1995
acrylic, twine on paper
13"x20"

Created by and worn by Anne Seelbach at Buffie Johnson's 83rd birthday party, 105 Greene Street, New York, NY