The Eye of the Artist – Art Notes
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New Lifeworld paintings online
The Lifeworld project continues, and I’ve recently published definitive photographs of the latest paintings in the series. Here they are: So I’m making [slow] progress toward my goal of 108 Lifeworld paintings. To read more about the Lifeworld project, click here, and to see all the Lifeworld paintings completed so far, visit my flickr album
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Art Works 2016 – a Benefit for Arts Gowanus
I’m pleased to announce that I will be contributing to this year’s Art Works — a benefit for Arts Gowanus! The mission of Arts Gowanus is to promote, support and advocate for local artists and a sustainable arts community in the Gowanus neighborhood. The Art Works event is Thursday, June 2, 2016, 7 to 10pm at
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A new year well underway, Lifeworlds continues
Hello everyone from frigid New York City on this Valentine’s Day 2016! I’ve been retooling my studio set-up and finally (last weekend) completed the first* second oil painting of 2016 (and the next in the Lifeworld series). So here we have it: Lifeworld 36 continues the adventure. I’ve also been exploring the ever important topic of
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Gowanus Open Studios: A personal retrospective
Gowanus Open Studios is mere days away (you’re coming, right? – Saturday, Oct. 16 and Sunday, Oct. 17, 12-6pm — details here)! Looking back, I’m amazed to see that this year’s tour will be the NINTH that I have participated in. Yes, that’s a “9”! So, in celebration of this big number 9, I thought
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Breaking News: De-Natured, at the Old Stone House
Sorry for the last-minute announcement, but this all came together very quickly: I’m pleased to let you know that I will have work included in a show at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The show opens TONIGHT (October 15), 6-8pm. About the show: Nature is often bent to man’s needs and wants.
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Gowanus Open Studios is almost here!
Happy October everyone! Gowanus Open Studios takes over Brooklyn in less than 2 weeks (October 16-18) and I’m involved in several exciting events during that weekend. The Studio Tour weekend starts Friday October 16 with Beat Nite Gowanus, a Norte Maar production. I’m pleased that Gowanus Swim Society – the neighborhood artists collective I’m a
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Upcoming: Gowanus Open Studios and a Call for Submissions!
Wow, it’s already mid-September and Gowanus Open Studios is just around the corner, happening on October 16-18! What makes this year’s Open Studios even more fabulous is an exhibition of art, video and performance at Halyards Bar on the weekend of the tour. Our neighborhood artists’ collective, Gowanus Swim Society has put out a call
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Recently sold
It’s been a busy summer and I’m pleased to have recently sold some paintings. First Manomayakaya #2 (pictured above), was sold, then this lovely watercolor: There are several places online where you can see my artwork, besides this blog: First my website, then for a more comprehensive catalog, my flickr page. I am offering smaller,
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Featured Painting of the Week: Lifeworld 2
My apologies – It’s been quite a few weeks since I’ve posted a “featured painting.” Life has a way of happening. But better late than never! This week I’m featuring Lifeworld 2, an intriguing work from 2012 — one of the very early pieces in my ongoing Lifeworld Series. Lifeworld 2 is now available in my
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The Lifeworlds Project
Lifeworlds is a long-range painting project I started in 2012. The project started initially out of a desire to explore the square format in painting. The inspiration for this was not Instagram as one might easily suppose, but the square format Landscape paintings of Gustav Klimt. I then chanced upon the evocative term “Lifeworld” in
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Today’s image: new work in Project 365
Read more about the project here.
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Announcing ArtWorks, a benefit for Arts Gowanus
As many of you are aware, my studio is located in the Brooklyn Industrial neighborhood Gowanus, named after the infamous creek/canal called Gowanus (once upon a time it was a salt marsh estuary/creek, but it has been a rather filthy industrial canal for at least the past 150 years). We have a vibrant community of artists
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