The City Today

Foggy Morning

Right before it Poured

I have been a compulsive photographer lately.   With spring about to rip I've been loving every wet thing I see.  These composite shots were from today.  They look kind of obvious but both images are composed of 2 different photographs each "stitched" together in photoshop to make the whole composition.  The most alluring thing about photography is that photographs are such a good representation of what we see.  But camera's aren't perfect.  They capture what we see but not how we see.    

shadow blob

 I am generating new ideas of displaying photographs in the studio.  I like having the wall space to experiment with these compositions.  They become more like a mural when they get scaled up and adding more and more images allows a flexibility in meaning. 

Shots of Spring in Brooklyn

The weather has been so nice lately that I've been keeping my camera with me all the time.  Here are a few shots from this past week that I really like.

Magenta Sunset

This is the original watercolor sketch I made.  

Magenta Sunset, 2015

watercolor and chalk pastel on paper

9 x 12 inches

This is my reworking of the image at a larger scale 

Magenta Sunset, 2015

pastel and gouache on printed paper

20 x 27 inches

Watercolors

Working on some small simple watercolors with an emphasis on painting atmosphere, reflection, water, and the ever-present skyline of New York.

view from Greenpoint at night

sunset

sunset over the east river

all work august 2015 9x12 inches on paper