Category: Painting Process

January 15, 2020

White Horse Tavern Neon Sign Painting by Borbay

2020 is here… and so is my first signed painting — the ‘White Horse Tavern’. For those of you with literary passion… the ghost of Dylan Thomas lives here.

And, in case you haven’t heard — the White Horse is now owned by Eytan Sugarman — a gentleman I’ve come to know since beginning this piece. I’m looking forward to kicking-it with Eytan at this iconic NYC institution, drink in hand.

Care to join me on a time lapse journey? Here’s sending lots of love to MH the Verb for the 🔥 soundtrack. Call me biased, but I’m partial to those with a ‘Borbay in their hallway’ — I also enjoy imported bottles of vodka from Norway.

August 10, 2019

The Silver Guggenheim — Guggenheim 11 in the 20 Year Series

On July 2, 2009 — I became a full-time artist. My first sale? A 30″X30″ painting of The Guggenheim, created on 5th Avenue, in front of The Guggenheim. When the desire to paint Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece struck again, it felt too opportunistic… unless. Unless it became something grandiose… a benchmark for my career.

So, I decided to paint The Guggenheim, each year, for twenty years. Back then, as a dude living in NYC with a steady girl and a scary new career — it felt impossible. Today, I find myself living in Idaho, married, with three kids and nine Gugg’s to go.

May 21, 2019

‘The Alpha’ — A Golden Eagle Painting by Borbay

The story goes… a Bald Eagle swooped into the lagoon on the 9th at Teton Springs, snagging a big ol’ fish. Euphoria… until, our Golden Eagle pounces and robs the scaled delight. Battered, our nation’s symbol sulked into the woods (to shag my long-lost Pro VX).

And so, when speaking with Tony and Carrie Snoey about the perfect symbol for our slice of Eastern Idaho heaven? The Golden Eagle was it. Black and white brings that fitting touch of noir. Oh, did I mention — this painting is four by eight feet?

April 23, 2019

A Portrait of Stan Pajerski

Please allow me to introduce my latest portrait — Stan Pajerski. I met Stan and his lovely wife Janice at Teton Springs last summer. A quick conversation lead to a fast friendship, and after a close inspection of my Indiana Jones piece — the idea of creating Stan’s portrait came to life.

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Please enjoy the entire process in 45 seconds above… while you groove to The Ambershift. And now, let’s go deeper…

March 22, 2019

A Portrait of Patricia Barganier

I’m excited and honored to share this collage-painting portrait of dear friend, and collector — Patricia Barganier. We met during my first exhibition in Jackson many years ago, and became fast friends… bonding over our mutual love of art, family, Jackson Hole, fine cocktails, entrepreneur-ism and living life to the fullest.

When we decided to collaborate on this project, we spent a great deal of time choosing the perfect source image. After careful review — this became the clear favorite… and, we decided on a timeless black-and-white palette. From there, I interviewed Tricia about her life, dreams and goals — this helped us select the headlines and images. From there? The paint did fly.

https://www.facebook.com/borbay/videos/2254273881499282/?__xts__[0]=68.ARCLOQZfJRbWHFvSAHk2A_13JKF12osrJdhHPzr3PNBzLGRAnIwb4tPa8FHC0XQlXjlV7ing54vJRCeOF4IWszKags-wSUQ4UhcdcZxcThaOqU7rbSke0nw3_T9vuWawia_9Sv3xFUuSr0cz28V0yI4kWtCSGXnpsg6wmwyZTs_hOGyVj08a-UYf0fHDzv2ncMU8YVU_Ple0Z08mVcpN4ZjuUrAC15kLI8NgQFYpWjwxOEQCLcimCPLJFn-fDDin5bTKG1LTV63rbsSYPgAxxI9JmBrG-p06uQN1jh8hXzWogy_us5aDwRmQR-h4CEpGXYaPTkiz4HXIsI4Y3NpWDkmwppgPOOsatg0&__tn__=-R

Here is the entire painting process inside of one minute, with thanks to MH the Verb. BTW — if you watch until the end, listen for the first verse… it’s particularly close to my heart.

March 2, 2019

Central Park — The Painting

Frederick Law Olmsted was a genius of unfathomable proportion. This gentleman saw the center of a bustling island, and envisioned 1.317 square miles of trees, hills, bridges, lakes and pathways — and invented Central Park.

Having spent 12 years living in Manhattan (10 of which, were on the Upper East Side) — The Park was my home away from home, through which I ran 1000’s of miles, played 100’s of hockey games, and spent countless hours exploring, thinking, enjoying… being connected to my inner self.

So, when longtime collector, Debbie Paul, commissioned me to create this 48″x56″ acrylic on canvas painting — it became a most welcome time warp… and, eventually, my greatest creative challenge to date. You can view the time lapse immediately above… and click onward for the stroke-by-stroke recap.

February 13, 2019

A Portrait of Jay Aydinalp-Mathews

Allow me to introduce my latest — a commissioned portrait of Jay Aydinalp-Mathews. Father, husband, brother, son, musician, writer, Donkey-league’r, world traveler, survivor, warrior — and a man committed to L-I-V-I-N.

https://www.facebook.com/borbay/videos/624092324704579/

Here is how this painting came to be in a time lapse video, featuring the man himself, in his band — Twin Star Rocket. Now, let’s take an in-depth look at the process and meaning behind this work-of-art…

January 21, 2019

A Portrait of Rayes Lemmens

Introducing — my first signed painting of 2019 — a collage-painting portrait of my friend, Rayes Lemmens. I met Rayes last year, during my European adventure…

And now… let’s jump into the painting process, and discover how this came to be.

December 22, 2018

Guggenheim #10 in my 20-Year-Series

Introducing the 10th Guggenheim in my 20-year-series… aptly titled, “Guggenheim 10”.

By all accounts — this painting was a journey. After kicking-off the under-painting of this piece in June, I noticed the canvas was warped, so I slashed it to bits, and started over. Following that, I found myself traveling around the world… Vegas, Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam… then, I received a beautiful wave of commissions. As a result… this piece took much longer than anticipated.

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Here’s the process captured in time-lapse… thank you to my boy MH the Verb for the soundtrack.

October 23, 2018

The London Eye — A Commissioned Gift

My first trip outside of the US was to London… my brother, Tim, lived there… this city holds a special place in my heart. So, you can imagine how stoked I was to be commissioned by Randi and David Wender to create this painting as a gift for their newlywed friends — Lara and Neil (congratulations!)

https://www.facebook.com/borbay/videos/781377472208892/?__xts__[0]=68.ARCMv2ac_MhRyKPCK1h3FCtsflXGQJDmfZBIRxlm1DILWTZ5I3XMXTw4wU4QgxZBZoMeM5fuACd9Rm6xP4rOOcnFUwxsvrFiWhpJLTX5R6_I0mCDSf4Vh3QI_bFoLZJU7r_1uSm-mtSqco_Id67W-V5lUY-2GQ74LCk6yxnn_pT7goR-2OeEBF4SvY7qwgO_EWMsqUUC6nsGL0OxcglPbYWdBwtiWyXsydbO&__tn__=-R

You can check the entire process inside 60-seconds… dig that song? Check out The Rotaries…