Pastels

Head of a woman, pastel on paper, 2009, @16x12in.

Woman in white, pastel on paper, 2009, @18x18in.

Monotypes, December 2009

All are monotypes, 2009, either 6x8 or 8x6in. Some with charcoal and/or pastel added. You can see more from this set of prints here.

Newish stuff

Some paintings I finished last fall, 2009.

Startled Woman, oil on panel, 20x24in.

Woman in Doorway, large version, oil on canvase, 36x54in.

Woman with Mirror and Lamp, oil on canvas, 40x50in.

Walking woman with houses, oil on canvas, 22x28in.


Walking Woman with houses, oil on panel, 20x24in.

Woman with mirror and lamp I had been working on for at least two years. Really gave me fits. But it's finished now.

Magician's Assistant

2006, oil on panel, 12x9in.

Opening Day

Yesterday, that is. And the Mets won!! Holy crap!

[in a related note, based on his columns, I don't like Mr. George Vecsey. Nope, don't like him at all.]

Happy Birthday

My son turns six this weekend. Holy cow!!

Another good week

First, healthcare.

Then, Jose Reyes back to baseball.

Yep, goooooood week.

a good week

I have completed my first adoption for FAAN, see the link to the right. What a nice experience. I really like the whole idea of the Fine Art Adoption Network. An alternative way to get exposure, a great way to get stuff out of the studio, a great way to get art to people who may not otherwise live with it.

A friend of mine recently called some of my work 'va va voomy.' I like it!

forgetful

Damn, I was thinking of something the other day and now I can't remember it.

Pop Up Sale at Dumbo Arts Center

These are the three small paintings of mine for sale at DAC's winter fundraiser. All are oil on panel, 2009. Go take a look, the last weekend in February, 30 Washington Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. There are lots of artists participating so there will be lots of work for sale, and all are priced to move. I've priced mine in the 150-200 dollar range, for example.

Embrace, 12Wx9H inches.

Swimsuits, 12x12 inches.

Burlesque [smile], 12x12 inches.

The Fine Art Adoption Network

A pretty cool initiative: the FAAN.

My FAAN page.

Also, will be putting some stuff in the Dumbo Arts Center's Pop Up Sale. The last weekend in February, sportsrockers.

The Wolf Man

Remake of the old Universal b-movie classic The Wolf Man comes out today. The wolf man was probably my favorite of the old Universal monster stable when I was a kid, and seeing the original again as an adult, I really think it stands up as a nice little atmospheric chiller. Helps that it has a great supporting cast for a b flick. I won't run to see the new one, but I'm looking forward to catching it when I can. I wrote a little about the original, and the Chaneys here, a few years ago.

heaven forbid...

...that NYC schools should have two snow days in a row. Thanks, Mayor Mike, for the crappy morning.

two days in brooklyn

Yesterday, a fresh couple inches of snow on the ground. Went for a run in Prospect Park in the morning and rediscovered how dazzling white and brown can be. The sun looked like a pearl, or the moon, in the overcast sky. Today, almost all the snow is gone and the light is crisp and sharp, the sky that unbelievable blue, the buildings in sharp, sunlit relief; and the real moon is faint and pale in the low western blue.

More snow to come tomorrow night. Probably enough for some serious sledding on Saturday.

Studio boots