Tres Amigos

I recently finished this painting entitled Tres Amigos (Three Friends). The title may be a little misleading though. It's based on a couple of ventriloquist dummies I picked up for the museum collection and reads like the 3 stages of someones life (mine?): Youth-Happiness, the Sad Clown-Despair and Death. It's also about confronting your fears, since a lot of people are afraid of ventriloquist dummies, clowns and death.

Charles Burchfield watercolors at DC Moore Gallery

I went down to the city to see the Charles Burchfield watercolors at the DC Moore Gallery on 5th Avenue. I've admired his work for years, but never saw any in person. Amazing work, larger than expected with the artists' hand seen in the pencil and charcoal lines. The gallery was a little hard to find, but turned out to be a nice friendly place to visit. From there, I headed downtown to the Morgan Library and Museum for the 'New at the Morgan: Acquisitions Since 2004' show. Another place I've been trying to get to in NYC. An excellent show in a really nice venue - no photography though. The library itself is an awesome piece of work - thanks Mr Morgan. Check out this review from the NY Times.

NYC Mummy

Haven't posted in a little while... I went down to New York, did some sketching, took some photos. It was a cold February night, on my way back to Grand Central along 44th maybe. I came across this guy sleeping on a bench, trying to stay warm. Felt kinda bad for him. As the economy continues it's decline, it seemed like there were more homeless people this time.

Wander around the woods

Took another hike up by Shelton Lakes early Sunday morning to take some photos after the storm blew through the area. The fact that everything is still wet and dark makes for some great contrast. I like to focus on the little pieces of landscape right under my feet. I did a good amount of crawling around the underbrush down near the lake and was pretty happy with the results. Some of these photos will make good reference photos for possible paintings.

Water - Plants - Sky

I took a little hike up by the reservoir a few days ago and took some close up shots of trees and plants near the water. The reflections of trees in the flooded areas, was very cool. Lots of frogs and other critters were out singing. Got a few good ideas for some paintings.

Brooklyn Guy

I ran into this guy in a Brooklyn antique shop while picking up my painting from the Micro Museum. I decided to take the train and subway, rather than dealing with traffic since it was going to be a hot day and my Jeep has no A/C. Since I had a little time to kill, I walked around and hit some of the antique shops on Atlantic Avenue. Got some good photos for my upcoming book.