Fall is around the corner, and there is much to report! So, relax, grab a coffee, splash in some Buca’ and enjoy.
1. LA Mag Prints Perch Painting
My Hollywood hightail has been inked… by Los Angeles Magazine. This Perch Painting placement was the icing on an already delicious cake. In a former life, I met with Cameron Diaz at CAA to discuss a project… the experience inspired this. Big changes in life and style. Any suggestions for my next LA-infused work? Speaking of:
- Friend and Collaborator Jeremy Penn’s show is tearing-up Hollywood
2. Make it Move
While painting adjacent to Gramercy Park, I decided to ditch the script and explore. Here’s the result… dig the new style? Did I mention — while painting, a cop flashed his nipple, a dog peed on my bag and I met the Mayor… of Gramercy Park.
3. Brad and Angelina, Married Canvases
After nine years, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have tied the knot. Topical, as I recently completed a commission of Jolie to join Brad in the same collection — together in life… together in art. Oh, and the Jolie process video featuring MH the Verb’s song “Coraline” has nearly 4,000 views (just a few billion shy of the World Record).
4. Eat The Rude
A TV show about Hannibal? Sounded preposterous to me… until I tuned-in. I was commissioned to paint Mads Mikkelsen as the erudite cannibal — a bonus? New collector, Michelle Kenneth, penned a beautiful piece about the process.
5. Ballin’ For Charity
Thanks to Zack O’Malley Greenburg, I was invited to play in the famed Artists Writers Celebrity Softball game in the Hamptons. Despite primarily riding the pine, I was featured taking cuts on this Newsday video (:45 in). Also…
- MichaelMania is sweeping Italy
- I’m off to Canada next week, here’s how I lost a bet with the Cup Keeper
- My personal collection now includes a Robert Mars
- Want a Borbay?
Finally: Nucky Thompson and a painting of the Long Island City Pepsi Sign are up next. Thank you for being here.
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