New York Cyclist

New York Cyclist

20x20cm oil on linen

And here is a new video of me using my palette knife.  This is the next painting to be completed...

Enjoy

Long Island Highway

LongIsland Highway

30x30cm

ol on linen

View Downtown

View Downtown

30x30cm

oil on linen canvas

This is a sketch so to say for the  Man in Black that I finished last week.

Sunlight Cab

Sunlight Cab

30x30cm

oil on linen

Red Light Cab

Red Light Cab

30x30cm

oil on linen

And here is the progress.  Tomorrow I'll paint in the guy in black.  What name should I give this one?  Man in Black? 

Biking Downtown

Biking Downtown

Oil on linen cavas

30x30cm

from the series for the new gallery

and

 here is the new big one 100x120cm. I don't know what title to give it but we'll wait until it's closer to being finished and then you can decide.

a view from the studio.  The cloud on the left hanging from the rafters is a prototype for my kid's school party.  I'm organizing all the decors...

These balloons will metamorphosis into bees

Hot

Hot

oil on linen 30x30cm

another from the series for the new gallery

Broadway Traffic

Broadway Traffic

30x30cm

oil on linen

This is for a new gallery. 

See You Soon

See You Soon

oil on linen canvas 100x81cm

This is the last painting I'll be able to finish before the GMAC -Grande Marché d'Art Contemporain- at the Bastille that opens next Thursday, November 1st. I've been working non-stop since August 4th and am ready to put my feet up...

Here is what the walls of the stand 54 will look like.  I'm sharing MIROGI's habitual stand, thanks Michelle.  Check out her sexy nudes.  Considering I painted on two highly detailed New York scenes that took over a month to finish each, they're big, I am finally pleased with this last painting.  It's always like that, after about two months of work the paintings paint themselves.  See You Soon went on like butter on bread.

So see you soon at the GMAC, if you need a pass to enter, call or email. 

Tu Es Où?

Tu Es Où?

oil on linen canvas, 60x60cm

Tu est où?  Isnt' that the first thing we ask when we answer the telephone these days -- where are you?  Doesn't matter which language.  This painting is part of the Parisian Blue Hour paintings a series I've been working on since 2008.  

Finally, after more than four years I am understanding what it is that thrills me about painting the city.  These last three paintings along with Hotel du Louvre and Place Colette summarize the execution of the inspiration.  First it was people, then the color black, then it was night scenes and people, the long lasting blue sky, then it was neon signs. But these are the settings for the theme.

 It is the abstraction that night lights create first in my camera's lense; the big chunky spots of light that my spatula knife can spread onto a canvas like butter on bread. Yummy!

This will be for sale at stand 54  in the tent (chapiteau) at the Grand Marché d'Art Contemporain from 1-5 November

Contrescapre Soirée

Contrescarpe Soirée

oil on linen canvas 60x60 cm

This is from the Mouffetard series, part of the Parisian Heure Bleue series.  I'm happy with this painting, only if it were a larger canvas.  This will be on display and for sale at stand 54 of the GMAC Bastille, Paris 1-5 November. 

Russ on Muffetard

Russ on Mouffetard

oil on linen canvas

60x60 cm

This is all about  l'heure bleu, that is the blue, hour when the citylights and the sky are both light before night. Here in Paris, during the summer, it lasts for hours.  That day Russ was there.

And here is a photo of the kids paintings from the open studio day.

Great light I have, love this place, the kids did too.

Key On Broadway

Key On Broadway

Oil on Linen

80x101cm

Some paintings take forever, this one was one of them.  I was actually surprised today to find it finished.  There is a key hidden in the painting, thus the title.  Recently I went to Place des Vosges to see the exhibition of Ronald Dupont at the Galerie Artima.  

Dupont's technique is unusual for figurative painting and it is very recognizable.  These paintings had lots of black, I think too much.  Another artist was exhibiting, Fernando Kindélan.  I love his work.  I guess I am a diehard for more of a classical painting technique.  The other artists in the gallery are awesome.

Le Dome

Le Dome

60x60cm oil on linen

The Dome is one of those gorgeous historical cafe's on Boulevard Montparnasse, a great place for a continental breakfast and people watching.  This is another from the series of the Parisien Blue hour.

It feels good to finish a painting.  After all the parties the last few months I was seriously wondering if  I needed to hire some new elves, you know, the ones that paint while I socialize.  Isn't that what artists do? Yes, we hire elves to paint for us. 

Place Colette - Paris

Place Colette - Paris

60x60 cm, oil on linen.

Who doesn't know Colette, what a femme!

and here is a better photo of the Hotel du Louvre

Hotel Du Louvre

Hotel du Louvre

60x60cm oil on linen

This photo was taken with my HTC phone and doesn't do the painting justice.  So many colors are washed out.  When the batteries recharge on my serious camera I'll get a better image. 

Anyway the I like the painting because it is of that hour of the day in Paris which is so special, the BLUE HOUR.  It is my pet - the parisian blue hour - when all the terraces fill for the apero, especially on warmer days.  

Happy birthday Caterina V.!

Broadway

Broadway

80x65cm

oil on linen canvas.

Happy New Year, a little late.  Here is the first painting of 2012 the year of abundance!

King Tut Taxi

King Tut Taxi

oil on linen canvas 65x80cm

The photo was taken with my HTC phone so is pretty bad.

This is the last painting for 2011, have a fabulous 2012.  C'est l'année du luxe.