Upcoming Auction - 30 November 2013 at Rossini-Drouot

Where are You?

100x100cm

oil on canvas

This painting will be on auction at Rossini november 30th at 2pm Paris time.  The auction is a charity where 100% of the proceeds go to the Association AMFE (Enfants Malades de Foie).  I hope they make buckets of money to help the kids and their families.  You can bid online.  Rossini is one of the largest auction houses in Europe.

Just to let you am quitting painting NYC.  Its been almost four years that I've been on this stint, now it's time to move on to new and more personal subject matter.  I love NY so lets leave it alone.

There is lots of detail in the painting, it took over a month to paint.

A more classic approach

This is Avenue de Clichy!

Just an underpainting

commission

The last month I've worked on one painting that may be used for a meeting here in Paris

Here is the founder of the doctrine of Evolution.

Do you know this man?

His sculpture has a prominent position in the Jardin des Plantes.

Then I had to incorporate this drawing into the painting.  Not an easy task.

This was the underpainting

then it went here and I thought I would have to give up.

Soon I'll post the final piece.

Exhibition this week

My paintings will be in the salon 

ARTO'CLOCK 

at the C'NIT the Défense, Paris

Tennis White

Tennis White

30x30

  These small paintings are rapid sketches, all about atmosphere and gesture.  It's been great painting all the people, practicing skin tones

Broadway Taxi

Broadway Taxi

30x30 oil on linen

Black Tie

Black Tie

30x30cm oil on linen

I wish I had gone down to Wall Street to photograph all the people in white shirts.  The guy on the left is wearing headphones.  

American Street Corner

30x30 oil on linen

Somewhere in Baltimore we came across this view.  After living so long in Europe I am fascinated by the power lines in the US. 

Bike Lane

Bike Lane

60x120cm oil on canvas

Another painting, Uptown Traffic, similar to this one, was selected by a gallery for the fair Art O'Clock at La Défense.   But I sold it, rather traded it upon request of my landlord for free studio space.  So the gallery flipped out and asked me to repeat Uptown Traffic.  Instead, I painted  Bike Lane, same format, same angle.

Come to the

Art O'clock

CNIT Paris la Défense
19-21 Septembre 2013

Walk on Red

Walk on Red

20x20cm oil on linen

Signs and traffic lights that hang on wires.  Love it!