I'm an adjunct professor teaching art at OCC. I was asked by the college to make a picture the Syracuse Poster Project would print celebrating OCC's 50th anniversary. I enjoy painting landscapes, but because I was designing a poster, this was different from a painting I would do myself.

The vertical format was important, so I began by looking for something that would fit that format. OCC has plenty of beautiful views, but they're mostly wide panoramic orientation. So I kept walking around campus and finally came upon the bridge that spans the stream and the gorge. The bridge itself became a vertical element and helped me describe a unique feature to the OCC campus.