Why, you ask? Why do another damned view of the Coney Island Grill on MLK in St Petersburg? Well… the truth is that people like them. People want paintings of B-list landmarks of their hometown because they have pleasant memories about them, and it gives them a sense of place.
In a transient place like Florida, lack of a sense of place leads to carelessness about the local environment, both natural and man-made. Lack of a sense of place leads to bulldozers, stripmalls and apathy about local government.
I’d like to ascribe my tendency to rework local themes to a great concern about bio-regionalism, but really, I don’t use gasoline and I don’t get out much. What’re yuh gonna do?
