"New York: 1970-80s": Sketch

Sketch of "New York: 1970-80s".  Graphite on drawing paper.  14" x 17"

For this one, I wanted to capture the punk rock era of the city, but still make it beautiful.  Since the Chrysler Building is Art Deco-style (the next step from Art Nouveau), I decided to incorporate it into the background of this piece.  I also included the front of the famous rock club, CBGB, to compliment the punk girl.  Because it's depicting New York City, I included an apple in the upper part of the border (which I created to look like wrought iron) and the NY state flower, the rose in the bottom part of the border.