I hope you’re all doing well, or as well as can be. I’m doing OK, working from home, painting on the weekends and basically being in my apartment 24/7. This week I wanted to share with you three paintings that I’ve just made available on my site. The first two paintings are brand new and the third is from 2017 but new to the site. I’ll be adding more previously unavailable works to the site in the coming weeks.
Richardson Street
This view is from the corner of Richardson Street and Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a couple blocks away from my apartment. I was drawn to this view because of the great lighting and because of all the great color on the buildings — the bright green cornices to the right, the fun red and blue Kalmon Dolgin realtor logo and of course the fact the trees were in peak fall foliage.
There is also the awesome vintage VW van on the left. Once I first noticed this van in my neighborhood I couldn’t stop seeing it everywhere. Seeing it has become a good luck charm for me.
The photo below shows the same scene, a month later at night. Sadly the VW van was elsewhere and a U-Haul van took its place.
View of Richardson Street with the World Trade Center in the background
Abstract Landscape
This abstract landscape is one of my favorite new paintings. I wasn’t sure at first if it was finished because I wanted to create a mood but at the same time I didn’t want to over work it. Moods need to be felt, not explained, and I hope I successfully gave enough space for the viewer to fill in the rest of the painting with their own feelings. Personally, when I look at this painting I get a fuzzy warm feeling of melancholy that you can sometimes experience on an overcast day, as if somehow the cloud cover is a giant blanket protecting me.
Vroman’s Nose
Vroman’s Nose depicts the beautiful Schoharie valley. I lived in Middleburgh, a small town in the Schoharie valley, which is just out of the painting and to the right. At the center of the work is Vroman’s Nose, a thousand foot high hill and cliff surrounded by farmland. From the top you can get amazing views of the town, farmland and the surrounding mountains. Here are a few photos I took from the top, which is easily accessible by a short trail.
