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Kirsten Compitello
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_5d10918b4e4d41d2b695a9c75d2c0f1c.jpg/v1/fill/w_305,h_364,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/3d1f72_5d10918b4e4d41d2b695a9c75d2c0f1c.jpg)
Watercolors
Kirsten uses vivid colors and idealized interpretations to capture the feel of a place or moment. Each view highlights certain aspects of reality and alters or blurs others.
![Adirondack Starry Night](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_15ae13c8339e47c297037f42f22b86ae~mv2_d_4701_3670_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_115,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_15ae13c8339e47c297037f42f22b86ae~mv2_d_4701_3670_s_4_2.jpg)
Adirondack Starry Night
10" x 13"
![ZigZag Bridge, Brooklyn](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_62b93b398518419ab6800d81a6c17b55~mv2_d_3848_5713_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_218,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_62b93b398518419ab6800d81a6c17b55~mv2_d_3848_5713_s_4_2.jpg)
ZigZag Bridge, Brooklyn
11"x14"
![Palisades from Wave Hill](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_6fc70f49cb85467b9446ff6220f0ee42~mv2_d_5167_4092_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_116,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_6fc70f49cb85467b9446ff6220f0ee42~mv2_d_5167_4092_s_4_2.jpg)
Palisades from Wave Hill
11"x14"
![Summer Books in Bryant Park](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_dfbd36f215484faf8c349a290d678ad5~mv2_d_6878_5170_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_dfbd36f215484faf8c349a290d678ad5~mv2_d_6878_5170_s_4_2.jpg)
Summer Books in Bryant Park
24" x 18" watercolor
![NYBG Conservatory](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_12ce5dc3731a47e188fb64071641c57a~mv2_d_6240_4584_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_12ce5dc3731a47e188fb64071641c57a~mv2_d_6240_4584_s_4_2.jpg)
NYBG Conservatory
11"x14"
![NYBG Lily pond](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_2bcbe952001044a588a3a95bd835a70c~mv2_d_3496_4588_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_193,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_2bcbe952001044a588a3a95bd835a70c~mv2_d_3496_4588_s_4_2.jpg)
NYBG Lily pond
11x14
![Boulder Flatirons](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_862e443155bc4617a7c5b6932dba33ad~mv2_d_5492_4146_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_111,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_862e443155bc4617a7c5b6932dba33ad~mv2_d_5492_4146_s_4_2.jpg)
Boulder Flatirons
9"x11.75" sketch
![High Line n4](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_5a4eeeed57f14f5583762d292872a7a2~mv2_d_4500_6276_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_205,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_5a4eeeed57f14f5583762d292872a7a2~mv2_d_4500_6276_s_4_2.jpg)
High Line n4
11" x 15" watercolor
![Red Umbrella on the Corner: Meatpacking](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_2abfc60f059c4c8eb8f37a3625227a12.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_223,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_2abfc60f059c4c8eb8f37a3625227a12.jpg)
Red Umbrella on the Corner: Meatpacking
12" x 18"
![NYPL Library at Bryant Park](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_436107185fc3429480e0c8d1a5177bac~mv2_d_3207_4040_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_185,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_436107185fc3429480e0c8d1a5177bac~mv2_d_3207_4040_s_4_2.jpg)
NYPL Library at Bryant Park
8" x 10"
![Corner Column, West Village](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_bfceaf41ba9f476982943dfcb66523ed.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_213,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_bfceaf41ba9f476982943dfcb66523ed.jpg)
Corner Column, West Village
9" x 12" watercolor
![Riverside Cafe](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_465fb26da0d444adbe3f8b86989c14bd~mv2_d_3595_5400_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_221,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_465fb26da0d444adbe3f8b86989c14bd~mv2_d_3595_5400_s_4_2.jpg)
Riverside Cafe
18" x 12" watercolor
![Central Park Fall](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_b8704c4b69034209b7b1f8fa03a7ae61~mv2_d_3134_3900_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_183,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_b8704c4b69034209b7b1f8fa03a7ae61~mv2_d_3134_3900_s_4_2.jpg)
Central Park Fall
8 x 10
![High Line at Night](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_699d0fa291da4c29b1b1426c2a55a394~mv2_d_3875_5375_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_204,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_699d0fa291da4c29b1b1426c2a55a394~mv2_d_3875_5375_s_4_2.jpg)
High Line at Night
10" x 14"
![Pink On the Corner](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_e998edad28ff4f0bbf58739372a4b0fe.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_218,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_e998edad28ff4f0bbf58739372a4b0fe.jpg)
Pink On the Corner
9" x 12" watercolor
![NYC Rooftop View](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_5b30138ba6204d2992220486527fae81~mv2_d_3342_4500_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_198,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_5b30138ba6204d2992220486527fae81~mv2_d_3342_4500_s_4_2.jpg)
NYC Rooftop View
11"x15"
![NYBG Victorian Garden](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_0886d9002b1a4866bb701a8bff0fda73~mv2_d_5351_3953_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_109,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_0886d9002b1a4866bb701a8bff0fda73~mv2_d_5351_3953_s_4_2.jpg)
NYBG Victorian Garden
10"x13"
![Adirondacks Mt. Marcy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_cd29d33cec7c4f3192a2bcdb4b469305~mv2_d_5194_4050_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_115,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_cd29d33cec7c4f3192a2bcdb4b469305~mv2_d_5194_4050_s_4_2.jpg)
Adirondacks Mt. Marcy
11"x14"
![AdirondacksYellow signed](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_a0ae97e11597478d9ea1b014c058447c~mv2_d_3096_2355_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_112,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_a0ae97e11597478d9ea1b014c058447c~mv2_d_3096_2355_s_2.jpg)
AdirondacksYellow signed
![High Line n5: On the Lawn](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_2d452bbe4c2f44e69df7ec85341aa535.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_97,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_2d452bbe4c2f44e69df7ec85341aa535.jpg)
High Line n5: On the Lawn
11" x 14" watercolor
![Union Square Market](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_318815a397244cb9ad0680755e853038.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_206,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_318815a397244cb9ad0680755e853038.jpg)
Union Square Market
10" x 14" watercolor
![Quebec Crooked Street](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_963dc78883924633b8ea3ba8d5deaeaa~mv2_d_4408_6026_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_201,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_963dc78883924633b8ea3ba8d5deaeaa~mv2_d_4408_6026_s_4_2.jpg)
Quebec Crooked Street
![Afternoon on the High Line n1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_e972fe64ccf24c8d90d441d9d54cac0d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_99,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_e972fe64ccf24c8d90d441d9d54cac0d.jpg)
Afternoon on the High Line n1
![Broadway Streetscape](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_edfc57a3bafc4c2b9a9b5db7999c71a2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_102,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_edfc57a3bafc4c2b9a9b5db7999c71a2.jpg)
Broadway Streetscape
ink and watercolor
![Central Park in ink and watercolor](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_f06c9112d41643fa94f474a93eda704a.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_106,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_f06c9112d41643fa94f474a93eda704a.jpg)
Central Park in ink and watercolor
11" x 15" watercolor and ink sketch
![Chelsea under the High Line](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_553ab0554bd344e4a46eeb20b9e50bc9.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_207,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_553ab0554bd344e4a46eeb20b9e50bc9.jpg)
Chelsea under the High Line
9" x 12" watercolor
![Rainy Day on 5th Ave](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_5d10918b4e4d41d2b695a9c75d2c0f1c.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_211,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_5d10918b4e4d41d2b695a9c75d2c0f1c.jpg)
Rainy Day on 5th Ave
NOT FOR SALE 10" x 14"
![City Hall Fountain](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_7672ee78d3f44d469202a62c478425c0.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_202,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_7672ee78d3f44d469202a62c478425c0.jpg)
City Hall Fountain
11" x 15" watercolor
![High Falls n1 (Rochester, NY)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_07cc4b58b03644489a4bba1f7bf411e2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_106,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_07cc4b58b03644489a4bba1f7bf411e2.jpg)
High Falls n1 (Rochester, NY)
![Chelsea Underpass at 15th St](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d1f72_7d44ec435f8a47f0bf6b7ea0187a4386.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d1f72_7d44ec435f8a47f0bf6b7ea0187a4386.jpg)
Chelsea Underpass at 15th St
12" x 16" watercolor
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