I’m delighted to share my commissioned portrait of Deborah Paul. I met Deborah three years ago on the Upper East Side while painting on the street. We stayed in touch, and last year, Deborah acquired my Guggenheim 4.
Category: Painting Process
Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Town Fountain Painting
Life has been busy in our new hood… Coraline was born here on July 28th, and today, I finally got around to some Stuytown painting action. Many years ago, my great Uncle Mike lived here — such is the case, my Mom has fond memories of the Fountain — so what better to capture on a fine Saturday afternoon?
Reservoirscape, a Commissioned Painting
Live Hip Hop Painting at Sidewalk Cafe
Last night, I hit up Sidewalk Cafe to live paint “BalloonUP presents THE SPIN”. Taking images sent in advance, I created a living collage of the action.
Africascape, 2880 Square Inches of Color
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.
Guggenheim 5 in the Guggenheim for 20 Years Series
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, A Commissioned Painting
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.
Broadway Bares Revisited for Jerry Mitchell
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.
ARTPROV With The New Museum, Jeremy Penn and Jake Nelson
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.
Welcome to Las Vegas Sign Painting 2013
Three trips to Vegas, three years, three Welcome to Las Vegas Sign paintings. Here is number three…