Amid all the visitors, he was hard not to notice. Monsieur Lavande caught my eye immediately while we walked through the medieval fortress town of Saint Paul de Vence this…
A summer trip to Saint Paul de Vence in France was eye-opening. This summer’s vacation combined a week of painting along with wonderful sights to discover in the Côte d’Azur,…
Two marker-based pieces I worked on in my air-conditioned studio. It’s been hot and what else is new? I still have a need to make some artwork—in this heat I…
Can’t get enough of the sunset from the top of the hill along Prospect Park West. My favorite location to view sunsets is at the intersection of Ninth Street and…
The rhododendron blossoms in my Brooklyn backyard never last long enough. These blooms are like huge wads of crepe-paper pompoms. I will remember this spring of 2019 as a glorious…
Inside and out, Wave Hill never disappoints. The spring garden is always filled with subtle color and I enjoy observing the blossoms that emerge, open up cautiously, and then shoot…
Last year’s April snowstorm has been updated for this spring. Timely I am not. I have been painting this lovely snowscape from the lake in Prospect Park for a few…
Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts at MoMA. Rarely have I had such opposite reactions to two art shows in the same building. It was a member preview for the Good Design…
When you find your muse where you least expect it, expect cool things to happen. While I enjoyed seeing all of Hilma af Klint’s abstract paintings, I found the large-scale…
A second Frank and Hilma at The Guggenheim Museum. As a painter, I find it’s necessary to fall in love with your subject, whether it’s a particularly interesting tree or…
