Central Park's Sheep Meadow Long Sleeve T-Shirt

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A lone tree within the Sheep Meadow of New York City's Central Park catches the light of the rising morning sunshine to throw beautifully long and elaborate shadows across the grass.

The Sheep Meadow has been home to various demonstrations, concerts, and political movements over the last century. Upon its creation, the Meadow's purpose was to serve as a parade ground for military drills, as this was one of the rules of the design contest. Though this idea contrasted with contest winners Olmsted and Vaux's vision of the Park as a peaceful and nature-based environment, they were initially obligated to comply with this rule. Among the Park's original constructions, Sheep Meadow was by far the most costly, and the designers had to order a reshaping of the land and the uprooting of immigrants to create it. (Information obtained from centralpark.com)

Central Park, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, is an urban park in New York City's borough of Manhattan. The...

James currently lives and works in the New York City area, a far cry from a childhood in the splendors of rural Vermont. An unabashed introvert, James enjoys observing all that surrounds him without feeling the need to be an integral part of the proceedings. His goal as an artist is to express the remarkable within the familiar and ordinary, through critical examination and contemplation of the subject, without alteration of the scene... ...And sometimes he just gets lucky by being in the right place at the right time. PLEASE NOTE: - The 'Fine Art America' watermark that is present on each image will NOT appear on the finished print. %