You can’t make this stuff up… Indeed I had a hard time making anything up today. I didn’t know what to paint today. Then I remembered a photograph I took a couple of days ago. It was in the afternoon and I noticed the dark shadow of an awning with an old fashioned lamp illuminated by […]
Continuing the showcase of my NYC photographs (see Subways NYC), I selected two photographs of newsstands I took when I lived in New York City from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
I am using this opportunity to begin a showcase of some of the photographs I took when I lived in New York City from the 1980s to the early 2000s. The photos below are selections from the photographs I took during my rides on the subway.
Dream: Today I was lucky enough to have a dream that ended with a pretty good visual image. The rest of the dream wasn’t visual at all. I was at some kind of conference where, as was my usual way at conferences, I stayed pretty much to myself. I did stop to talk with a couple of […]
Last February, working with old photographs I took of my brother Mike,* I created a couple of ‘action’ portraits. Although it doesn’t look like it, the painting below captures Mike in the middle of a hearty belly laugh. I don’t know what he thought was funny, but his laugh made me feel really good. (Originally […]
I get to the point sometimes, when it is hard to continue revisiting the plight of my brother Mike* and our relationship, or lack thereof. However, my obsessive fascination with him (even though I haven’t seen him in a couple of years) has led me delve into a many related but diverse realms, i.e., philosophy and […]
Below is the nineteenth group of watercolors that I painted for earlier posts in this blog. I painted them in early 2015, trying to use Paul Klee’s technique of ‘taking the pencil point for a walk’ in a continuous sweep. From January 11, 2015 (Thought): From January 10, 2015 (Day Dreaming): From January 9, 2015 […]
I painted the watercolors below based on photos I took during my last visit to see Mike (note – be aware that there may be triggers in this post. I was very emotional at the time), which was two years ago. Mom was still alive and Dave, my younger brother was able to attend as well. […]
I have a new subject for today and a break from portraits of my brother Mike. I was getting obsessed with portraying him and his essence. (See Mike Crying, Young Mike, In Transition, Final Transition, Double Mask, Stylized Portraits, Klee and Jawlensky-Influenced Portrait.) Today’s watercolor experiment: Today’s subject is an image from a dream I had last night. […]
Every year that my parents were well, we would arrange to meet at Mike‘s group home for a birthday party. It was fun and the other residents really enjoyed it, as did we all. The photos below are from his birthday in 1992. Mom and Dad were still around and vigorous. You’ll find my post […]
