Tag: Charles Demuth

November 2, 2026

The Guggenheim Shares My Twenty-Year Painting Project

On July 2, 2009, my first day as a full-time artist, I set up an easel across Fifth Avenue from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and began painting.

Seventeen years later, the Guggenheim shared three paintings from the resulting series across its social channels.

The October 30 feature, part of the museum’s #FrankLloydWrightFridays, brings together My Guggenheim, Toward My Egypt (2026), Panton Guggenheim (2022), and Cartoon Cake Guggenheim (2025). Three very different interpretations of a building I’ve been returning to annually since the beginning of my career.

October 19, 2014

Long Island City Pepsi Sign Painting by Borbay

I’m delighted to present my latest commissioned painting: The Long Island City Pepsi Cola Sign.

July 16, 2009

Painting Process | Miracle on The Hudson

Following the miraculous crash landing of Flight 1549 in the Hudson, I was compelled to celebrate on canvas. This piece, which was recently sold, began with a New York Post cover and some drawing. Process after the jump.

June 6, 2009

Painting Process | Figure Five in Gold

Charles Demuth | The Master

The moment I saw Demuth’s Futurist Masterpiece – The Figure Five in Gold, my life changed. This symphony of red and gold graphically carved into a piece of cardboard represented everything a picture should be. Simply put, I had to have it.

A quick glance at my bank receipt showed a total savings of $54.12, which I estimated to be approximately $19,999,945.88 short of a possible sale price. Realizing it would take me at least three weeks to save up the difference, I set out to recreate Charles Demuth’s picture and make it my own.

To share the process with you, I have included a step-by-step pictorial of my journey. While it is a thrill to share my morning coffee with a bastardized version, the feeling pales in comparison to mere a glimpse at the real masterpiece.