Tag: New York City

Painting Process Laura’s Favorite Place in Larchmont New York

Larchmont Commission by Borbay

Here is the second painting in my Larchmont, New York commissioned series for the wonderful Hoffman family. This particular 24″X30″ canvas is painted from the perspective of sitting in the hot tub… and is aptly entitled, “Laura’s Favorite Place”.

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Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture | Presentation and Class Guggenheim Drawings

Borbay 2011 Iona College Art Appreciation Lecture Slides

This past Thursday, I had the honor of guest lecturing for Ryan Seslow‘s Art Appreciation Class at Iona College for a second time. My presentation revolved around my history, work, process, day-to-day and wrapped up with a 30-minute “draw the Guggenheim” exercise.

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Artist In The World, Never Ending Art Trip, Borbay in the Studio

Borbay Studio by André Smits for Aritsts in the World

A few days ago, artist and photographer André Smits stopped by the studio to take my portrait… from behind. I am now part of his global art project entitled: “Artists In The World“. André and I got connected through my good friends over at Happy Famous Artists — which is how Mr. Smits has been finding all of his artists, not through a list, but through word of mouth. This is a great series, and I highly recommend checking out the photographs… definitely a new and interesting take.

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Borbay’s Advertising Week Commission, As Seen in Bloomberg’s Business Week, AdWeek and Fast Company

Advertising Week Advertisement Featuring Borbay Commissioned Painting

Recently, I was commissioned by the fine folks at Advertising Week to create a Manhattan-centric collage-painting for their 8th Anniversary. To promote Advertising Week, they created an ad featuring my painting, which can be found in Bloomberg’s Business Week, AdWeek and Fast Company.

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Manhattan Mural at Jake’s Saloon, West 57th Street and 10th Avenue, by Borbay & Penn

Jake's Saloon, West 57th Street and 10th Ave Manhattan a Mural by Borbay and Penn

The owners of Jake’s Saloon commissioned Artist Jeremy Penn and yours truly to create an old-tyme Manhattan scene on the 11X26 foot exterior brick wall at their 875 10th Avenue location, at the North West corner of West 57th and 10th Avenue. We relished the opportunity to make our mark on the Manhattan landscape.

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Advertising Week New York City Collage Painting

Borbay Advertising Week Painting

Three years ago, I was working as Business Director for Fantasy Interactive. At the time, my life revolved around clients, projects, proposals, SOW’s and presentations. Today, I paint for 4-7 hours a day and spend a solid 1-3 hours a day evangelizing, promoting and selling my work. This agency experience and my current role served as the catalyst for showing my #KingsOfHipHop art exhibition at the offices of Publicis Modem on 9/15.

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A Portrait of Woody Allen Wishing He Was Someone Else

Portrait of Woody Allen by Borbay

“My one regret in life is that I am not someone else” — Woody Allen. This, no doubt, is a perfect quote for Mr. Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Enjoy the process video below!

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Painting Process Video, House of Haiku With MrJeffDess and Calvin Booker

House of Haiku Painting Borbay August 11

Last night, The House of Haiku rocked-out the Brooklyn Historical Society in an hour-long show. MrJeffDess delivered inspiring, “80’s babies” haiku, while Calvin Booker provided not only the beats, but some Apollo Theater recognition-worthy tap dancing. Check out the video, and find out more about MrJeffDess.

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Painting Process | Weezy Taught Me, Not Yeezy

Lil Wayne Collage Painting by Borbay

All seven kings are now painted… Number 7, Lil Wayne.

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