Tag: Figure Five in Gold

Going Nomad

Borbay On The Go In Exuma

On July 8th, our two-year lease expires, but we aren’t renting another apartment. Instead, Erin, Coraline, Vega and I are leaving Manhattan and going nomad. Here’s the story… beginning right after college.

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MOMA, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Football on Short Beach

Borbay Photography MOMA, Macy's Day Parade, Thanksgiving

Photographing someone watching someone else photograph Starry Night. Seven eyeballs, four lenses, one picture.

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Painting Process | Miracle on The Hudson

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.

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Painting Process | Figure Five in Gold

Charles Demuth | The Master
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.

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