Tag: People

Woodstock Painting + Woodstock Action = Painting Action | Woodstock

Borbay Woodstock Painting Catskill

Sometimes, you must simply attack a canvas. Without process photos. Without a plan. With gusto.

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Painting Process | Bryant Park Grill for The Garrick’s

Bryant Park Grill Painting by Borbay

My brother’s best friend of 20 years got married this weekend, so I decided to commemorate this special moment with a painting of The Bryant Park Grill. There, Chris and Ann exchanged vows — and I, amongst many other guests, enjoyed several adult beverages. Understatement.

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Sheep Meadow Painting and New Yawk Tee

Borbay Sheep Meadow Painting

Here is a view of my most recent location painting, Sheep Meadow with George Steinbrenner Keeping an Eye on Things. Here is the process post with a hastily assembled video. And, I am happy to report my sweet New Yawk Tee has arrived!

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Painting Process | Sheep Meadow Featuring Trump International Hotel & Tower, TWC, 15 CPW

Sheep Meadow Central Park Trump Tower Time Warner Borbay

When people look at me, they see the 180 pound artist with a funky hat, and a “modest to very modest” frame. When I say, “oh, hey, so I was a D1 distance runner in college” – they look at me and say, “wuhhhh??? Juhhhh???? Guh???”

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Painting Process | Sean Conner Kanye West Bear Commission

Kanye Bear Painting Borbay

It’s not every day you have the opportunity to pay double homage to artists of different disciplines. With this Kanye Bear painting, commissioned by the talented Melissa Duren, for the suave Sean Conner, I was able to give Murakami a high five, with a pound to Kanye West.

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Painting Process | Long Beach Bungalows

Long Beach Bungalow Painting by Borbay

When good ol’ Ari Lankin offered up a ride to Long Beach, I thought to myself, “yes, I would like to paint on the beach today.” A few minor roadside issues later, we were en route to the Smithtown High School relocation district. It was a fantastically sunny day, and my immediate inclination was to go ass to the ocean and paint some bungalows. After the jump, some wonderful photos by our friend Jaquen. Beware, there is a NSFW topless shot of yours truly.

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Painting Process | Guggenheim Redux – Target Tony Hayward

Guggenheim Redux Painting by Borbay 2010
At this point, I am just going to say it – I  like the Guggenheim. Following my recent paintings of the Apple Store, Museum of Art and Design and First Avenue – Minneapolis, I decided to take my New York Post collage work to Frank Lloyd Wright‘s masterpiece.

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Painting Process | First Avenue Minneapolis Minnesota

First Avenue Minneapolis Borbay

When Erin booked a pair of tickets for the Minny-Apple, I decided to spend a few days capturing a marquee location. The destination? First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Day time. On-location.

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Painting Process | Museum of Art and Design – Target Bernie Madoff

Mad Museum Borbay

I’ve had my eye on the controversial redesign of the Museum of Art and Design for some time. When I discovered a composition including the CNN Sign and the sexy Hearst Tower, how could I resist?

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Painting Process | Apple Store on 5th Avenue, Target Steve Jobs

Apple Store Painting by Borbay

Apple’s stock finally surpassed the mighty Microsoft, to the chagrin of Steve Ballmer no doubt. But wait, now there is a huge security flaw with the iPad… oh, and Steve Jobs thinks Flash is garbage. And Obama thinks the iPad is a major distraction – he told some recent college grads.

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