Orien McNeill, Artist Who Made Mischief on the Water, Dies at 45

He was the pied piper of a loose community of DIY artists homesteading on New York City’s waterways, which he used as his canvas and stage.

Orien McNeill, Artist Who Made Mischief on the Water, Dies at 45
Orien McNeill in New York Harbor in 2020. An early pioneer of New York’s fetid waterways, he was among the first artists to homestead on the Gowanus Canal, which he did two decades ago in a 1953 Chris-Craft.Credit…Duke Riley

 

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