Arriving in New York as the skyscrapers were going up and the excavation of two city blocks for Pennsylvania Station began, Bellows thrilled to the dynamism and enormous scale of these undertakings his seven paintings of the making of Penn Station show him engaging with landscape, the dramaticlighting effects of working at night, and handling crowds.
When the Nets began playing at the Barclays, it was obvious that the team had decided to do something dramatic with lighting, which was to brightly light the herringbone basketball court and keep the rest of the place in darkness.
"This year has been another eventful period in the castle's history with the arrival of the Olympic torch and the spectacular lighting of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee beacon against the dramatic backdrop of the castle, " he said.