another beautiful sky

mural proposals

Here are a few photoshopped pictures of empty walls around the neighborhood with sketches I made this week.  Do you own one of these walls? HAHA JK

My favorite 1.  This could happen pretty easily in 1 day with a cherry picker.

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

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.    

working with a sewing machine

I've been using this great recycled paper and gluing some prints onto them and then working with a sewing machine to frame or draw into them.  I love the way the prints look on recycled paper.

"not sure what to call this one"

"hanging at the old shop"

"from the street"

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.

Williamsburg Now

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

Bernie Sanders mural

I am happy to have the opportunity to use my skills to paint this mural in support of Bernie Sanders in Williamsburg this past week.  My good friend and talented photographer, Matt Kanbergs, stopped by and took these photos. 

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

Upcoming show

I am excited to be in this upcoming show called DISCHARGE.  Some of the paintings I made in Barbados will be on display.   If you are in New York on July 27th come check out the opening party at Kinfolk 94 in Williamsburg. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/426559647546799/

Beauitful weather beautiful city

with all the mural painting i'm doing recently i've only had time to take photos and draw in my sketchbook.  i'll post some sketches soon but here are some more 35mm shots from a disposable camera

Fillmore place, Williamsburg

Frank Gehry building

Gary

lower manhattan

marcine

schoolyard

all photos (c) Thomas Hemmerick 2014 35mm disposable camera