Window Reminiscing
As we move on to a newly designed office space, we look back at a selection of our Cold Spring, NY Main St. windows over the years.
Views of the Hudson Highlands from Newburgh
This new project is a renovation of a 19th century brick building is presenting the opportunity for magnificently framed views of the Hudson Highlands from Newburgh. One can imagine a new, urban, Hudson River School blossoming again from these fertile shores and magnificently situated rooms. Exciting things are happening: The Newburgh Illuminated Festival aims to […]
Original Hudson Theater Light Restoration and Installation
In anticipation of the Hudson Theater’s Centennial Celebration, we present the renovated and refurbished the original theater lights that once graced these theater walls. We are calling on anyone with memories of the Hudson Theater, the Bijou Theater, or even the Oyster Saloon that once occupied this site to share those stories, photographs, or items […]
Happy Holidays from TFG Studio!
In these dark days as we await the winter solstice and the return of the sun, we’ve lit up Main Street here in Cold Spring with a Holiday celebration of light in glass, LED and natural bouquets. Happy Holidays from all of us at The Figure Ground Studio! LED fairy lights in glass balls fall […]
Daniel Ninham and the Nochpeem
As we move into the holiday season, I followed Paul Chaat Smith’s admonition in Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong to “[look] for the Indian history beneath your own feet.”
Boo! Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween from the Figure Ground Studio. These spooky paper mache eyeballs graced Main Street in Cold Spring for Halloween 2015.
La Cigale et la Fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ants)
The Figure Ground Studio’s fall window took a literary turn, reminding passersby to work diligently (like the ants) to prepare for the coming Winter.
Hudson Mohawk Watershed
The Figure Ground Studio’s Hudson Mohawk River Watershed installation in celebration of summer and a clean river.
