Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4

1994 Parkside Avenue (B, Q, S) New York City Transit

For both the Prospect Park and Parkside Av stations, Susan Tunick created intricate, multicolored ceramic mosaic murals and borders. These 1919 stations, with station booths and turnstiles located in above-ground "headhouses," feature wall tiles and decorative borders influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. Tunick's art celebrates the vintage ceramic ornamentation of the station and is inspired by her fascination with terra cotta and her childhood memories of nearby Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Tunick says her works for the sites, collectively titled “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf, Nos.1-4,” balance her respect for the stations' "ceramic history," her recollection of the colors and shapes of the foliage in the park and garden, and her desire to add eye-catching modern design, which is achieved in her use of bold color, pattern, and texture in the tiles.