Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Warrior Head

Every once and a while I like to look at old paintings
of mine which make me feel good. Today I felt like viewing
"Warrior Head" from the year 1997, painted in Columbus
Ohio. It was a large canvas and I did it in my First Ave.
studio in (suburb) Grandview. What a great studio that was!
It was a huge storefront, and besides working on paintings I
also rented the space out to individuals, and companies
for events/parties. Someone even used it for a film.
A fond memory of that space was the big tree planted
in the sidewalk out-front. One party the guests hung a
pinjata from it and goodies covered the concrete within
a few swings. Before I moved to NYC in 97 this was my
last storefront studio in Cols. Of course moving to NYC
meant I had to sell my car, a 1966 Ford Mustang, white
with a hardtop. I used to park it on the street out-front
which was the sign to my friends that I was inside working.
It was a sign to them that they were welcome to come inside
and hang out. If I need privacy I would park it in the garage,
my do not disturb sign I guess. haha
Warrior Head even ended up in the Columbus Dispatch as
a simple public interest photo. They shot me while
painting on it. I will dig around and see if i can find a copy
of that photo also... Ok found it, attached below.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

NYC Exhibition (November 2007)

I wanted to confirm to my East Coast clients and friends
that I will be exhibiting new paintings in November, 2007
at George Billis Gallery in New York City. George Billis is
the exclusive representitive for my art and has been since
1999.
As I complete the new paintings I will post them here on
my blog. The opening reception will be on November
8th, 2007. The show runs from November 6th
thru December 8th.

I will be posting my NYC first painting in a few days.