I became fully vaccinated a couple weeks ago and have been really enjoying the spring and my new found freedom. I’ve been venturing out to my local community garden which I recently joined, seeing friends and family and working on making a new collection of paintings that I hope to show in-person this summer.
Ariel and I recently joined the Red Shed Community Garden here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We’ve been growing all kinds of great veggies - kale, lettuce, basil, bok choy, carrots, cucumbers, peas, chamomile and so on. The garden has all kinds of amazing fruit trees and flowers as well. The painting above shows some pink irises blooming at the garden. I had never seen pink irises before. Below are some pics of our personal bed (filled with Marigolds in the front) as well as a few the other trees and flowers in the garden.
I’ve continued to stay sane by going to our garden frequently and making a lot of day trips in and around the city. Last weekend we went to the New York Botanical Garden. Below is a painting of their Rose Garden which is in full bloom.
To contrast the abundance of flowers and color I’ve been seeing in the city this spring, below is a painting I did of our neighborhood this March. What a difference a few weeks make!
Bedford and Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, March 2021
As always, I’ve been working in two different styles, one more realistic (above) and the other more abstract (flower field paintings below). My goal is to eventually merge the two styles together. I’ve been debating with myself if I should continue to focus on developing each style more before trying to merge the two, or if I should nudge myself into combining the two styles sooner than later. I still have to think about that a bit more.
I’ve applied for an upcoming in-person art exhibition which means I’ve had to hold off on selling any of my new works as I will need them if I’m accepted into the show. But if you’re interested in any new paintings, please let me know and I can keep you informed about when they’ll be available for purchase.
I hope you’ve having as nice of a spring as I am and are doing a bit better after such a rough Covid winter.
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