June 26, 2007

I've been away from this blog, mainly, because I haven't accomplished anything with my art recently. I am trying to do outdoor pictures from life, but I'm still feeling my way to doing it. At any rate, it's way too hot to sit out and draw. Perhaps the evening. Just for the heck of it, though, I'm going to post a drawing I did a few months ago, but haven't had a chance to really photograph well.

It's called Cosmic Rose, and it's actually taken from a smaller work that I did long ago.

June 23, 2007

This looks like it's going to be a day off from painting. I did some cat-sitting today, and I hope to get to some work later. I was working on the Unisphere, and although it's coming along, it's nowhere near good enough for posting...yet. I may work it into a larger version after I've done the small one.

I've been wanting to do a picture of the Unisphere since the 70's. Recently, people have used it for photography and movies. Men in Black comes to mind. At any rate, it has a surreal quality, seeing that globe in the middle of a landscape.

Oh, and since I finally remembered, I'll leave the URL to my gallery website. It's http://roxyart.com.

June 22, 2007

I live in Queens.

Sometimes we miss the beauty in our own backyard. Media has trained us to believe only Manhattan in NYC is worth noting. The other extreme is landscapes that include nothing but countryside. Recently, I woke up to the beauty right here in this borough. I have started a series of little pictures just devoted to Queens.

This is the 59th Street Bridge, so called because when it goes into Manhattan, it exits at about 59th Street. It is also called the Queensboro Bridge, but older New Yorkers don't call it that.

I am presently working on a picture of the Unisphere. I will post it soon.

June 21, 2007

It's time I put up some of my newer work, I suppose. This is a picture I just finished a few days ago, "Pigeon in the Park". The colors are muddier than they are in person, but it's the best I can do with this little camera. Until I can either get a new camera, or get these pictures professionally d0ne, this will be the best that I can do.

Anyway, the picture is 16 by 20, and is done in colored pencil on rag paper. Maybe because it's all around me, I'm getting used to New York images.