The paintings shown on this site were done from life by New York City artist Lynda Engstrom between February 12 and February 27, 2005 when Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation piece "The Gates" came to Central Park. Scroll through the 10 "thumbnails" on the next page and enlargements will appear to their right. You can now make your artwork purchases right here on this site using PayPal's secure server - there is no need to even open a PayPal account to do this. For any further information, the artist can be contacted directly by phone at 212.724.3961 or by email at support@engstromstudios.com. Many thanks for all the nice feedback about this series of paintings. Enjoy your visit!