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.

Progress report and studio shots

Here is where I left the painting yesterday.  I was hoping to finish it today but that won't happen.  I'll be able to block in most of the unpainted parts like in the taxi below.

Lots of detail work to follow, it's a good thing I don't have internet in the atelier.  Nothing to distract me from my brushes

I bought some new colors, Ochre Gold is one of them.  It's been on my palette before but was shunned when I stopped painting Tuscany.  Too kitsch.  I guess paintings of NY are kitsch too.

Here's a detail of a sprayed part for the next painting that I started blocking in, you'll see that next time. I used gold spray paint.   Glass buildings reflect the sun.

I have lots of colors to play with.

Today will be another great day.  The key is in my hand.

Times Square Promises

Times Square Promises

oil on canvas

60x120cm

Will be at my stand number 54 during the Grand Marché d'art Contemporain - Bastille

28 October - 1 November 

This painting took about forty hours to complete.  I've got three more medium sized paintings of NYC that I will finish for the show that is coming up fast.  Plus as many gourmandises I can paint.  My blurb catalogues arrived today and the many 750 invites I ordered are in the mail.  Now were rolling down hill.