Lienzo Laying the Foundations

With blueprints in hand and boots planted firmly in dust and steel, Monday With a Job to Do is a tribute to the builders of America—not in myth, but in motion. Painted in a textured, near-impasto digital style that echoes the muscular brushwork of mid-century American realists, this piece captures the quiet power of the working man facing the future he's helping to shape. A lone figure—architect, foreman, or laborer—stands before a monumental structure under construction. Clad in denim and plaid, he surveys the rising edifice: vast, angular, raw. The forms recall civic cathedrals or launch towers, suggesting industry, aspiration, and ambition. Nearby, an American flag flutters in the midday light, weathered but proud, anchoring the scene in purpose and identity.