Clinton Hill house

Well, I haven't done any drawings since about Wednesday of last week, but I have been working on re-visiting an abandoned canvas, begun last year in the summer. (Here is where it stood prior to this weekend.) It's gone in quite a different direction from the monochromatic Amsterdams of 2007. I'veĀ  incorporated a cartographic element… Continue reading Clinton Hill house

Leg the uglydoll

the scrolling wall, complete. (Most likely, more things will wind up on that wall. Little things in gold frames, oddments, etc. But the painting is finished at last.)

October!

Some abstracts of my new studio in my new apartment with Ben: wall above computer, no art on walls yet The wall above the Queen Anne (and Leg the UglyDoll!) in progress Get to work! And, some images of the Atlantic Antic last weekend. Warren, Kim and I shared a booth and hawked artistic wares… Continue reading October!

art deck-oh!

electrodeck Above is the deck I painted for the Apache Skateboards/Humble Collective "My Way" skateboard art show at Humble Gallery. I sent it off by Fedex yesterday-- nothing like pushing 'til the last minute, but it's been just too busy lately! The opening is tonight, so if you're in Santa Fe, go check it out.… Continue reading art deck-oh!

Art and things that start with A

Amsterdam III (above) was a selected piece in Artlog's studio for this past weekend's Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, in Brooklyn. It has now been selected to go on to the Affordable Art Fair in Manhattan.

American Artist

The article about my paintings is online now! Hits the newsstands in the April issue. (Click the image above to see the article.) Three of the paintings are still available if anyone out there needs something new to hang on a wall. ! (However, the "Necropolis" screen print is not available die to a problem… Continue reading American Artist

Artist as Traveler

the corner with my works on canvas, Object Image Gallery Saturday was the opening reception for the Artist as Traveler, a group show in which I participated with four other artists, held at the Object Image Gallery on 5th Avenue here in Brooklyn. It was a wonderful turnout and I want to thank everyone for… Continue reading Artist as Traveler

underpainting

Above is a sneak peak at the new canvas in progress; it's quite a bit larger than the other Amsterdam pieces (30" x 40"), and it takes considerably longer to even get down washes for a base. This is just a faint beginning. I haven't worked on a canvas this size since the grotesques, and-… Continue reading underpainting

autumn is here.

the air has done its subliminal shift and now summer is gone. it's not just about temperature; it's something to do with the texture. probably relates to hurricane season, the great sweeping northward. my brother has been in town this weekend, and it was his birthday yesterday. Here is a sneak peak at the beginnings… Continue reading autumn is here.

entry: 03 aug

Day one of Kev's trip south; it is nice to have the house to oneself for a few days. I played the stereo loud all afternoon and did very exciting things like cleaned the stove top (which had begun to resemble a strangely symmetric plot of land adjacent to an active volcano), cleaned my desk… Continue reading entry: 03 aug