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Gowanus Open Studios, this weekend!

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From the archives (and Gowanus Open Studios this weekend!)

Visit me at Gowanus Open Studios this weekend - October 21-22!

Good evening everyone. I’m busy getting ready for Gowanus Open Studios, which is happening this weekend! This year for Open Studios I’m doing something a little different — delving into the archives and pulling out some works from previous years to put on display in the studio. I will plant companionship thick as trees (Calamus I), acrylic on canvas, 30×20″, 2010 The feature archive treasure…

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Upcoming: The Arts Gowanus Patterns Gala!

I’m pleased to announce that I have contributed a painting to this year’s Arts Gowanus Patterns Gala! Patterns Gala 2023 happens on May 12! What is the Patterns Gala, you may ask? From the folks at Arts Gowanus: Arts Gowanus is excited to present our second annual Patterns Gala! This event will be held outdoors at The Old Stone House on Friday, May 12, 2023 from 6:00 – 9:30pm. All attendees…

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Time-Being, an Artist's Statement

During Gowanus Open Studios next weekend (October 19-20), I’ll have on display my growing body of 4×6″ watercolor pieces. These are all part of a series and project I started in about 2018, and then worked on sporadically up to the present. The project continues, indefinitely (or until I have exhausted the subject matter). Very recently, my thinking on this series has coalesced around the…

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Gowanus Open Studios is just the around the corner!

We’re all very busy here in Brooklyn getting ready for Gowanus Open Studios, which is happening Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22! But first … You may have heard about the heavy rains and flooding we had in the neighborhood on September 29. While I was very fortunate that my studio was spared any damage, many other artists were not so lucky. Arts Gowanus has started a fundraising effort to…

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My Arts Gowanus Artist's Profile is now live!

Now that Fall is arriving, we’re starting to get ready for Gowanus Open Studios, October 21-22. I’ve completed my artist’s profile for the event, which will also serve as a permanent directory listing for the upcoming year. More news about Open Studios coming soon, but in the meantime — Check out my new Arts Gowanus Artist’s Directory profile here!

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How I Spent My Summer

It’s interesting how often events and project don’t quite roll out as I imagine they will. These past nine months have been a perfect example of that. I always begin the year plotting a course, imagining what projects I’d like to finish, continue or start, what new creative possibilities I should pursue. Back in January, I had several irons in the fire, but mainly I expected to spend the bulk of…

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[Re-]Introducing Manomayakaya #3 - "Let it pervade everywhere"

The latest from the blog -- celebrating the 10th anniversary of this painting!

Manomaya #3 (Let it pervade everywhere), oil on canvas, 30×30″, 2013 Welcome to March 2023! Somehow, 10 years has elapsed since I completed this oil painting, “Manomayakaya #3 (Let it pervade everywhere).” Where does the time go?? Since I am offering this painting for sale through Artsy, I thought now would be a good time to reacquaint you with this wonderful artwork — one of my favorites. And,…

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February Art News: works for sale!

Happy President’s Day everyone! Well, it’s been a bit too long since I’ve last posted — let’s say I was hibernating. Now, Groundhog Day is well past, and while we can’t say that Spring is here yet, perhaps there is a hint of it in the air. I’ve been spending these winter months getting organized, both for new art and in taking inventory of existing works I have for sale. Thanks to Arts Gowanus,…

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Common Grave: A Painting Project - continued

Common Grave: A Painting Project – continued

Part II: The Composition and the Process As I mentioned in my previous post, a ‘cult of devotion’ developed around the skulls and bones found in the Fontanelle cemetery. It is very much a religious, or at least ‘cultic’ site. And why not? Why shouldn’t all these remains, representing the lives of real human beings, our own ancestors — figuratively if not literally — be accorded some respect,…

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Gowanus Open Studios! and New Work

Gowanus Open Studios! and New Work

Hello everyone, wow I can’t believe it’s already October! And October means it’s time for this year’s Gowanus Open Studios, October 15-16. I did my first Gowanus Open Studios in 2007, and each time I’ve done it I’ve enjoyed showing my work, seeing the work of my neighbors and meeting all of the interesting art-lovers who come out to support art in our neighborhood. Hosted by Arts Gowanus,…

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An Exhibition, and Other Spring News

Opening this weekend! Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal

Good afternoon friends, Spring is popping here in Brooklyn and there’s lots going on! “Dharmadhatu 3″ oil on panel, 18” diameter, 2021. Opening this weekend! Brooklyn Utopias: Along the Canal I’m pleased to be included in this multi-site exhibition organized by ArtsGowanus and the Old Stone House & Washington Park (OSH). Opening April 9th and 10th, the exhibition features over 200 artists…

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Featured painting of the week: Lifeworld 30, oil on canvas, 20x20″, 2014, by John Azelvandre

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Common Grave Complete, and Gowanus Open Studios!

Common Grave Complete, and Gowanus Open Studios!

Happy Friday everyone! Well, the big weekend is nearly here! If you’ve been following along on these pages, you know that Gowanus Open Studios is happening tomorrow (Saturday, October 16) and Sunday (October 17). It’s been a busy, busy couple of weeks getting ready. I’ve moved into my new studio, unpacked, hung art on the walls, and most significantly — I have completed the Common Grave…

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Lifeworlds Update, and Gowanus Open Studios this Weekend!

Lifeworlds Update, and Gowanus Open Studios this Weekend!

It’s been a busy couple of weeks settling into my new studio space on 18th Street in Brooklyn and getting ready for this weekend’s Open Studio tour. I’ll have several recent works on view during the studio tour, among them several recent Lifeworld paintings. So, I’ve been looking at my writing about this long-term project, and massaged it all into a nifty Adobe Spark presentation. It’s all based…

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Common Grave: A Painting Project

Common Grave: A Painting Project - How I started.

Part I: How it all started In January 2013 I had the good fortune of visiting the Fontanelle Cemetery – “Il cimitero delle Fontanelle (in napoletano, ‘e Funtanelle)” in Naples, Italy. This fantastic cemetery — really an ossuary — a repository of tens of thousands of human remains, is one of the more unique and bizarre attractions in an ancient city full of the unique and bizarre.It appears that…