Done!

I finished my Beastie Boys Bananas! The ground is a little more blueish than the image suggests. I took the pic in my studio tonight so the color isn't the best but you can get the idea. By the way, if you're wondering "Beastie Boy Bananas?" see my previous posting for explanation.

Bananas!

Started this last night. It's for a show in L.A. at Gallery 1988 on January 8th 2009. The show is titled "Under the Influence: A tribute to the Beastie Boys". Hmm, you're probably thinking "what the hell does this have to do with the Beastie Boys??!" Here's my idea: I was struggling trying to think of ideas that would represent the B Boys the best the way I could without being too obvious and boring, I'm a big fan you know. Well, one day after work it struck me. Bananas! These guys are straight up bananas! So, I decided to paint a still life (which I love to do anyway) and title it "Bananas Since Birth". That sums it up.

Update

Just finished these two commissions last week. They're both 18x18.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

On the easel right now.

Update

Here's a Raven I've been working on.

Zonotrichia albicollis

Here are two White-throated Sparrows I'm currently working on. It's 36x36.

Public Art

I've had this project I've been wanting to do with a friend of mine for a while. We haven't been able to get together and actually do it yet, but in due time. The project is to take high quality images of posters on the subway platform that have been worn and torn. Seriously it's like public art, but not necessarily intentional street art. This has a more organic quality in that it's living. Everyday here in NY we pass these beautiful creations during our commutes. They are constantly evolving with layers and layers of posters being peeled away (most likely due to boredom waiting for the train) revealing images, shapes, textures and color of past advertisements, scribbles and doo-dads all the while creating these wonderful abstract images that mimic the grandiose of a Motherwell or the beautiful violence of a Bacon. I would love to some day publish a book of these images according to different subway lines. Anyway, in the meantime here's some quick pics I recently took in Brooklyn for inspiration. I can't help but notice these wherever I go. It's almost like an obsession for me.