Tag: COVID19

2020 Year In Review

See More of in 2020

Ah, retrospect. This is how I kicked-off the year. On the precipice of 2021, we now know the answer is “less of 2020.”

Friend — destinations to digest the horrors of 2020 are legion… worry not! This is a happy place.

So grab a cocktail (you deserve it), kick back, and let’s have a look at some quarantine-driven creativity.

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Pandemic Guggenheim

Pandemic Guggenheim Painting by Borbay 2020

Only 113 days remain in 2020. This 366 day lap around the sun is about ceding control. And so, while creating the 12th work in my 20-year Guggenheim Painting Series — I embraced our new reality, and went rogue. This was painted entirely with my left hand. First with a brush, then with a palette knife. There was no plan… like 2020? It simply happened.

Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear, well, he eats you.

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Being surrounded by the wondrous art created by my children, the importance of spontaneous creativity is palpable. Art, like life, is about routine, protocol, strategy… and sometimes, you must eschew the standard, and simply create.

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