Tag: Palette

Painting Process | The Flag House, 24 Helena Avenue Larchmont NY

Larchmont Flag House Painting by Borbay

After raising two children over 30 years, the Hoffman family has placed their house on the market. So, being commissioned to paint their storied home — theFlag House in Larchmont, New York was a special project. To truly comprehend the warm memories of this special place, I had the pleasure of spending an evening at the house, grilling, swimming and chatting with the family.

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Painting Process | Doctor DRE ala NWA

Dr Dre Painting by Borbay

At first, he went by Dr. J — inspired by his basketball hero, Julius Erving (my Dad played high school ball against him). After receiving a Masters in Mixology, Andre Young became a Doctor.

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Painting Process | Shady Will Rainbow Flag It

Eminem Collage Painting by Borbay

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (aka, Slim Shady, aka, Eminem) tried to kill himself. Surviving, he went on to place second at the 1997 Rap Olympics which lead to a demo request at the hands of Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records. He shared it with DRE. A year later, The Source featured Eminem in its “Unsigned Hype” column.

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Painting Process | Duane Park TriBeCa New York Commission

Duane Park TriBeCa Painting By Borbay

The first plein air painting of the season is always magical. The location? Duane Park, TriBeCa, New York, United States of America, Earth. The mission? To capture this TriBeCa neighborhood staple in an architectural impressionist style.

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Painting Process | Piata Universitatii in Bucharest

University Square in Bucharest

Sometimes recreating a place, experience and moment in time requires the marriage of multiple images. Since I was unable to travel to Romania to paint University Square in person, we had to get creative.

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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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Painting Process | Triboro Bridge Commission

Triboro RFK Bridge Painting by Borbay

In a move of great fiscal responsibility, the city renamed the Triboro to the RFK Bridge. While I don’t agree with Koching every bridge in a money-hemorrhaging city, I do enjoy painting them. In fact, this commissioned picture was based on a previous Triboro painting I created.

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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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