Tag: New York Post

Painting Process | The Luxor Las Vegas at Night

Luxor Las Vegas Painting by Borbay

The Luxor, Las Vegas, shoots a light beam into space. Space. Taking this, and the fact that we stayed there into consideration, I decided to end the trip with a Luxor painting.

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Painting Process | Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas

_Sahara Las Vegas Painting by Borbay

The Sahara hotel, slated to close forever next week, was the first location I was asked to leave. Anywhere. In the world.

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Painting Process | The El Cortez Hotel, Fremont Street, Las Vegas

El Cortez Hotel Fremont Street Las Vegas Painting by Borbay

Nine days in Vegas was the case that they gave me. Actually, it’s the trip I booked online.

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Painting Process | Welcome To Las Vegas Sign | UPDATED

Welcome To Las Vegas Sign Painting by Borbay

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada!

For years, this sign has been on my painting hit list. Finally, on an absurdly hot and windy pair of April Days in Vegas — it went down, and it was weird.

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Atelier Klimat Event Photos — Living NYC Artists Mingle With The Living

Atelier Klimat A Group Exhibition

As seen in BlackBook and Max’s Kansas City, Atelier Klimat‘s opening reception began at 7PM and carried on late into a stormy Manhattan evening that saw lightening strike the Empire State Building thrice. A terribly good-looking crowd braved said storm to soak up the art and atmosphere of Klimat, a premier East Village establishment.

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Painting Process | Snoop Dogg Throwin Signs Language

Snoop Dogg Collage Painting by Borbay

Anyone who has listened to hip hop since the early 90’s probably has a complex set of feelings about Snoop Dogg, even if they don’t know it. It wasn’t until I threw down the paint that I realized this to be true. From the monster classic Gin and Juice, to the lesser known, dark tracks like my favorite I Can’t Swim, to some Huggy Bear, Old School cameo ish.

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Landfill Art Project Contribution, “Popped a Cap In The New York Post”

Landfill Art Project Painting by Borbay

At the tail end of January, Ken Marquis hit me up about the landmark global artist reclamation project. In his words, “The project will involve one thousand and forty-one (1,041) artists worldwide.  To date there are over nine hundred artists involved across 51 countries.  This artist initiative is by far the largest undertaking of its kind.”

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Painting Process | Diddys Dirty Money White Party

Diddy Collage Painting by Borbay

Diddy is a businessman, he is a business, man. He’s been Made. Diddy was Puffy. Puff Daddy. P-Diddy (still is in Europe.) Sean Combs. He may change his name more frequently than NYC cops cuff a weed head, but his hip-hop watermark is indelible.

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Painting Process | Kanye West, Eyes More Red Than The Devil Is

Kanye West Painting by Borbay

A man of words and a man of his word, Kanye West:

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Bay Shore High School Location Drawing and Collage Workshop

Bay Shore High School Workshop Borbay

Back in November I spent a day at Bay Shore High School hosting a location drawing and collage workshop. Each of the two sessions included a brief presentation, an on-location drawing, a critique and then a collage technique overview. After the jump, a few shots from a fine afternoon in academia. Read more