I don’t remember where I was in NYC when I took the photo below. I used to roam all over the place looking for interesting things. I think this would have worked in black and white as well, but color adds a new dimension. The color image of this refuse staging area is the only portrayal […]
Yesterday I mentioned that subways below ground are devoid of color, while above ground, the full visible spectrum dominates. I’m not certain whether my photo below is the exception to this rule or if all of Brooklyn is black and white.
My friend, Erich ran the library where I used to work. He was such a kind and gentle man. I am happy to have known him.
When I lived in New York City, I looked for unusual things to photograph. I usually didn’t have to look far. I took these two pictures inside the Museum of Modern Art, which I would visit frequently. Today I review a couple of my black and white photographs, given my recent interest in tonal values of my […]
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.
I can’t resist an interesting fire hydrant. Maybe I have some canine blood in me, or I was a dog in a past life. I found this yellow wonder in Los Gatos, California. I’m not sure if it was the angle of the light (I’m a sucker for oblique lighting), the embossed letters or the yellow […]
As promised yesterday, I am working slowly. I added very little to yesterday’s sketch, pencil-wise. My strategy is to work on the shadow areas first and then proceed to try replicating the textures of the building. Most of the shadowy areas fall on the surfaces of the windows and the dark space on the doorway […]
I decided to devote more time to each of my watercolors. Yesterday’s watercolor was a step in the right direction: I drew the Elliott Bay Book Co. sketch the night before I painted it. I think it came out pretty well, although a little cartoonish. In keeping with my bookstore theme, I began a sketch of […]
I dusted off some of my old black and white photographs to revisit some of the other bookstores I once visited. Have I mentioned that I love bookstores? Those of you who follow my blog may remember the Argosy Book Store painting and photo I posted the other day (Argosy Book Store) and the Madison Avenue Bookstore, […]
