Tag: Futurist Painting

July 12, 2014

Guggenheim #6 AKA Pink Guggenheim

In 2009, I decided to paint the Guggenheim each year for 20 years… this is #6…

June 10, 2013

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.

March 16, 2013

Painting Process: Central Park Southeast at Twilight

Central Park Southeast… at Twilight… my third Futurist Revival canvas. Many of these buildings hold a special place in my heart… but I’ll get into that later.

March 7, 2013

Seattle Space Needle Painting by Borbay

Back in 2007, I was working as a Creative Recruiter at Update Graphics. One day, my colleague Kimberly introduced me to Justin Brock Schantz, then the Managing Director at Fantasy Interactive. Over several months, we got to know one another, and eventually, I ended up joining Justin at FI.

February 5, 2013

Sutton Place at Twilight, a Borbay Painting

I’ve always been a fan of Futurism, twilight and magnificence of Manhattan… so I decided to combine all three for my first major painting of 2013. The result: Sutton Place at Twilight… a magical intersection where the 59th Street Bridge startlingly appears between buildings.

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.