composite photo

Empty Lot

photo composite from 3 images of the same place at roughly the same time.

Recent Mural work for Colossal Media

A finished shot of the mural for the new Hellboy movie 

The limited palette of oil enamel colors we used for this mural

A process shot of painting the portrait

On the Street - composite photo

On the Street

I have been making a lot of these composite photos.  Taking a photo of the street and another photo of the buildings or sky and (imperfectly) stitching them together.  I like the imperfect quality that comes from  shifting perspectives and tilting the camera.  Then I've been erasing the advertisements and branding in Photoshop in order just to see what an image would look like without the persistent advertising that's all over the city.  

Now it's a Bank

COMPOSITE COLLAGE

a composite collage from my living room at home

Goldie

"Goldie" is an tribute painting I made in honor of my old diesel 1983 Mercedes Benz 300td that died last summer.  I bought her beaten up but still running for 1500 dollars off a guy in Brooklyn.  We drove her up into the Catskills, all the way to Ohio and Pittsburgh and back, out to the tip of Long Island and to the Delaware River Gap.  She about broke down on all those trips I seem to recall but we had fun times.  So long Goldie.  Here are a couple process shots of how this painting was made. 

Goldie

original sketch in water color

drawing in on the canvas 

"under painting" 

some more details

the clouds

source material for clouds

the real Goldie and me

Cityscape

This is an impressionist painting on a Samsung tablet from my rooftop in Greenpoint

Guitar painting - work in progress

Starting off my 2nd and last year of grad school by moving into a new studio.  This is the first painting I've done in oil in a while and it's also the first painting in my new studio.  Here are some progress shots.  The final one to follow.  

                                         

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.

Williamsburg Now

a digital collage from this week near one of the many construction sites in Williamsburg Brooklyn 

shots of brooklyn and the delaware river gap from this spring

These are all 35mm film photos from this spring.  I have been nurturing a compulsive photography habit this past year and things have set off this past month with the weather changing and the plants and trees starting to bloom.  

Progress shots in the studio

Progress shots in the studio for a new painting.  This 1 and a few photographs will be on display tomorrow at this show!  Come check it out 6 - 8 pm.

almost finished in the studio 

little subtle changes

underpainting

Paintings on Cardboard

I started Grad School and got into my studio down here at Brooklyn College.  I've been really busy reading philosophy (ha) and working on a tedious piece (images in the future).  My outlet has been small colorful paintings on cardboard.  Here are my favorites...

studio views

A couple shots from the studio today.  

just finished

detail

when you run outta space in NYC you gotta go up

studio