Something new. Something different. For reasons I can not yet share, I was presented with the opportunity to create a large scale painting of an African landscape. Based on four different photographs, I cobbled together a composition on this 48″X60″ canvas.
In 2009, I decided to paint The Guggenheim for twenty years, each summer, from the same corner, on the same size canvas, with the sole variable being my style. This is Guggenheim 5… the latest of my recent futurist works, joining the Seattle Space Needle, Central Park South, Sutton Place, Welcome to Las Vegas Sign and The Bellagio.
Rockland Lake State Park, Hook Mountain — my latest work, a commissioned painting and surprise gift for a fabulous couple on their One Year Wedding Anniversary.
During Broadway Bares Las Vegas, Josh Strickland won my painting created live at Planet Hollywood. This year, however, before host Scott Nevins brought down the gavel, Director and recent “Mr. Abbott” Award Winner Jerry Mitchell, matched Strickland’s bid, asking if I would recreate the painting for him.
Yesterday, I collaborated with many of the best IMPROVers and Artists in NYC for The New Museum’s Ideas City festival at R Bar. Above, you will find the 45 minute tag-team style painting created with Jeremy Penn and Jake Nelson, inspired by IMPROV comedy by The Creative Outlets, which was inspired by slides of our artwork. The, full, creative, circle, comma.
Three trips to Vegas, three years, three Welcome to Las Vegas Sign paintings. Here is number three…
Allow me to introduce my latest portrait: the man, the legend, Bono. This collage painting was commissioned by Lynn Serra, and contains many personal details within the canvas.
Last night, I live painted at Spike Hill in Brooklyn. Here’s the entire four hour painting condensed into a 55 second video, soundtrack courtesy of last nights emcee — MH the Verb.
Central Park Southeast… at Twilight… my third Futurist Revival canvas. Many of these buildings hold a special place in my heart… but I’ll get into that later.
New Paintings. Works-in-Progress. Insider Art Market Information.
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