I remember someone asking me, “have you seen Dexter — amazing show.”
Studio Visits — Experience, Understand, Acquire
Acquiring art is not unlike purchasing a home — photos reveal the broad strokes, but an in-person visit shows a great deal more. In our digital age, artists are able to reach collectors globally in minutes. This has given way to an ocean of online galleries, allowing you to view and acquire in a few clicks.
A Commissioned Portrait of Samantha
Wanna Play Games? Okay. Tony Montana Portrait by Borbay
If you walked into my collegiate apartment on Buswell Street in 2001, you’d find two images of Tony Montana on the wall. Scarface. All you have to do is say the word, and people understand. Okay? Al Pacino’s electric political refugee marks painting number two in my growing ‘Anti-Hero’ series.
Borbay Paints Michael Jackson, Inc. Book Cover
Rewind to December, 2010. I recall pondering a portrait series, but found I had 99 problems and picking a portrait subject was one. As fate would have it, I decided to paint Jay Z, which lead to a series of hip hop stars nearly identical to Zack O’Malley Greenburg’s Cash Kings.
Mormon Row Cowboy Barn — Jackson Hole — A Borbay Painting
When I was commissioned by Matt and Allison to create a Jackson Hole-inspired painting, they wanted me to experience things for myself, so it was wheels up, next stop Wyoming.
“The Balloon Guide” Album Cover, an MH the Verb Collab
MH the Verb‘s new album, “The Balloon Guide”, drops February 11, 2014 — I painted the cover. If you’d like to keep reading, I’ll share how this project came to be creatively; and I’ll include the business details.
Walter White, I Am The One Who Knocks, by Borbay
Visiting some galleries in late 2012 with his Wife Marla, a gentleman by the name of Robert Oringer who never considered himself an art guy/collector, had an epiphany moment. He saw some collage art and it got him thinking about the crazy collection of NY Post issues he had amassed over decades— piles of NY Posts meticulously protected and stored away without any objective in mind. So he went to Google and began to search the Net for collage artists, one perhaps to convert his collection into art when he stumbled upon another Post fanatic… yours truly.
55 West 11th Street, A Commissioned Painting
I’m delighted to share my first completed painting of 2014: a commission of 55 West 11th Street in Manhattan. Ironically enough, I painted this in Minnesota.
New Paintings. Works-in-Progress. Insider Art Market Information.
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