Here are some of my favorite things: Brooklyn Brownstones and spring blossoms. I love how the white and pink prunus blossoms are set off against this typical Park Slope Brooklyn…
It’s really about the light, but the daffs aren’t too shabby either. There is always that time in brutish February when I eagerly wait for the greengrocer to put out…
My second solo show of new watercolors opens March 23 at 440 Gallery. It’s no coincidence that Spring arrives, not a moment too soon, on March 20 and my show…
The silence of a day with falling snow is an urban delight. I do love a good snow storm. If I can comfortably go out wearing a pair of fingerless…
Inspiration rarely strikes twice—here’s the full-size version of my vision from last November. Thank you to my friend Jake who gave me the ok to work with his stunning photograph…
I am going to paint my way through and around this pandemic. I’ve painted twelve of these small-scale pieces since the beginning of January—my goal is to have a finished…
An impromptu bouquet from my Brooklyn Backyard closes out the growing season. It is one day after the Winter Solstice and it’s that much lighter this afternoon as I finish…
Always looking toward the horizon. Thank you to my friend Jake who gave me the ok to work with his stunning photograph for this painting. His two kids are having…
My Brooklyn Backyard has a comforting, stoic side to it. During the spring/summer growing season, I have taken to making impromptu bouquets from single stems of blossoms and leaves that…
Bob Ross-inspired alternate title: Happy Accidents. It is not often that I take out a full sheet of Arches and begin flinging paint around, but that’s what I decided to…
Joy Makon 