Month: June 2014
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Lunchtime drawing: 10 Perry St. in the West Village where Thomas M. Mulry lived 1889 to 1916 — there’s a plaque above the door. This drawing’s for James Mulry!
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Earlier than lunchtime drawing: Cleopatra’s Needle under scaffolding for restoration in Central Park.
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Lunchtime drawing: Central Park’s wall, with a plant growing over it, across the street from the Guggenheim Museum on 5th Avenue.
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Lunchtime drawing: After a long renovation, finally seeing the E. 91st St. entrance to Cooper Hewitt, housed in Andrew Carnegie’s mansion, again.
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Later than lunchtime drawing: FDNY Engine Company no. 55 on Broome St in Chinatown/Little Italy. This firehouse was designed by N. LeBrun & Sons, who produced over 40 buildings for the FDNY between 1880 and 1895.
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Later than lunchtime drawing: Wrought iron fence at East 90th Street and Madison Avenue.
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5 Laps to Go
At the Kissena Park velodrome in Queens, planes fly overhead and bikers compete in track races.
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Chinatown
“Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.” This series moves to Chinatown, NYC and continues to create two works, two juxtapositions of the same source image. I start with a photograph of an everyday city scene. From that, I make my first painting — a gouache on paper. It’s vibrant. It’s time and labor intensive. The result…