ShareMy full-fledged work with Neo-expressionism began and ended in the 1990′s. My imagery moved away from landscape as the primary subject and it became more of a ground for images of people, emotions, ideas and reactions. I was completely enthralled by the idea of overlaying … Read More →
Category Archives: Painting
Depression sets in (Less is More)
ShareWhat does it mean to be an artist? and then what does it mean to be an artist in the 21st century in the US? I’ve written here before how Duchamp determined what an artist was through a leap of complete conviction and belief and that … Read More →
Afflatus
ShareHad you ever heard of this word? I certainly hadn’t until recently when I read it in a blog interview with Claude Emile Furones on the website The Art Point. It’s an amazing interview with the most articulate of artists. Unfortunately, the interview is no … Read More →
What Michelangelo, Raphael and Manet have in common.
Share As I’m finalizing all the pieces for my new work, Le Dejeuner sous la Pluie, I have been spending a great deal of time with the Manet work, Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, something I commented on in earlier posts. During this time I found … Read More →
Realist Landscape
ShareMy earliest works were influenced by the things I saw in Soho at the time – the mid to late 1970′s. I was overcome with awe at the efforts by some of the greatest Photorealists who were showing – Richard Estes, Chuck Close, Audry Flack, … Read More →
The almost-Great Depression is a reality.
Share Bad old days: A jobseeker adopts the same strategy in New York during the Great Depression How many of you have noticed, as I have, how incredibly bad off a lot of people are right now? I mean, it’s easy to ignore if you … Read More →