New Work

     



More later...

More color. More collage.

Yes. Next, black paper.

New Year, New Studio

2007 is looking good already with the recent acquisition of a 11' x 15' studio space with two large, east-facing windows. I'm still emptying boxes and will hopefully be working (larger) again soon.

Color? Collage?

Yes? No?

Proposals for Large-Scale Works

     

No, I've not yet approached the MoMA to see if they'll let me use the big room, but I'm hoping to settle for a stairwell... Seriously, though, I see these images not only as intimate items created from everyday, discarded materials but, also, as larger-than-life images in public places where they may confront the viewer from a hundred feet away.

Night of 1,000 (and two) Drawings

     

See these two [tiny] drawings in person at Artists Space Wednesday, November 8th, 5-10pm for their annual cattle-call benefit, Night of 1,000 Drawings.

A New One

Finally some getting time to updating the site. Expect more soon.

New and Recent Work

I've added some new pieces to the Paintings and Drawings sections including four of the Square Foot Show drawings. I haven't been painting much due to time/space constraints but that could change if I find some studio space. In the meantime, there a new one to gander at.

Square Foot Photos; Casey McGlynn

The Square Foot opening was a blast and made even more enjoyable by hanging out with Casey McGlynn, the owner/resident of Project Spaceman Gallery and one of the most prolific artists I've ever met. It's like the guy never stops working but to eat and sleep. I ended up buying a couple of drawings from him that night, which I'll try to shoot and upload soon. Of the five pieces I submitted, my two favorites didn't make the cut, which meant that the bottom three of the order were hung. Oh, well. All of the folks from AWOL Gallery (Toronto) were great and pretty psyched to be in New York. I hope to go up and visit them soon.

Christo & Jean Claude in NYC again?; Louis Lozowick murals

No, they're not at it again, but, by the looks of the 33rd Street main Post Office, you would think this place would be swarming with European tourists taking snaps of the joint.

I was taking snaps inside the building and looking mighty suspicious, too. Couldn't help myself. Turns out that there are two large murals tucked away in the north and south entrances of the building painted by the renowned lithographer, Louis Lozowick (American, b. Ludvinovka, Russia, 1892 - 1973).


Entitled "Manhattan Skyline," the murals, painted on canvas mounted to the walls, soar some 18 feet above NYC's oblivious patrons scurrying to drop off their tax returns, holiday packages and whatnot. Finished in 1935, the bottom of the south entrance mural was practically ruined when some postmaster general in all his infinite wisdom decided that this was the best place to install a large, bronze memorial to the fallen of WWI. I can only imagine what kind of ship, whose plume of smoke rises from behind the memorial, was churning up the harbor toward Manhattan...