Tag: Upper East Side

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 | 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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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

Painting Process The Mets Citi Field at Night

Citi Field at Night by Borbay

As a lifelong Mets fan, I had a tough time with the demolition of Shea Stadium. Sure, it was ugly, had poor seating, limited vendors and was essentially an amphitheatre for airplanes — but it had winning memories.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Painting

Metropolitan Museum of Art Painting by Borbay

It took me two years of being a full-time artist to understand how a single painting could span multiple years. Sure, some large-scale works just take time. Others, like in the case of the Metropolitan Museum of Art — I simply looked at it for 18 months and simply determined it was finished. After the jump, the full process as written in 2009.

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Upper East Side Photo Extravaganza: Guggenheim, MET, Paul Ryan

Guggenheim Borbay

Nothing beats a stroll through the Upper East Side with Paul Ryan. Materialistically, we have the same jacket and wallet. Genetically, he is five inches taller than me.

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2010 Borbay’s Year in Review on Canvas

NY Post Collage Painting Two

2010 kicked-off with a new title — Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker… and a broken fibula.

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