The Beach

I painted this mural of a sailboat regatta at sunset in the rain. Its at Crest Hardware in Brooklyn. To see it LARGE click HERE.

Be Here Now

My friend Daniel Albrigo is putting together this group show in Los Angeles.  I am looking forward to it. Here is the flier for the show. I painted the front image for the postcard.

Japanther

My friends Gary and Phil at Fogelson-Lubliner are designing a book for Japanther. I am stoked to be doing a bunch of lettering for it. Here is an ad we did in advance for the book. I did the lettering and they layed out the rest.

Ace Hotel New York

I did three paintings on canvas for the new Ace Hotel in Manhattan. It was a fun project. A bunch of other artists completed paintings for the same project, including Matt Hollister, Greg Lamarche, Joe Whiteley, Daniel Albrigo, Soner On, Jeremiah Mandel, and more. The three paintings I did ranged in size from  6′8″ x 8′6″ to 10′4″ x 8′6″.  Here are two cell phone shots of them being hung. I’ll post better photos later on.

New York Times

Here is the printed piece, and a link to the letters themselves.

New York Times

I have a piece in The New York Times tomorrow.  I always enjoy doing these pieces. The turn around is fast, and you only end up having a couple of hours to make a piece and send it out. This doesn’t leave much time to overthink decisions and put off logical choices. I enjoy that. This piece correlates with the letters in response to an article by David Brooks. I tried to turn this into a chance to use a Stevie Wonder quote, but that didn’t go over.  You can read the article HERE. Thanks Kim.

Here is what I came up with:

I also did this simpler version in case they didn’t like the other one:

Luke Barber-Smith

My friend Luke Barber-Smith always makes work that impresses me. His studio is just down the street from mine and I often find myself taking work breaks over there. Its a good place to do some stretching, listen to some jams, and enjoy the sun. He has a good head on his shoulders, and his outlook on life shows through in the work that he seems to be constantly producing.

www.psychotropichorizons.com

Two New Paintings

Here are two new paintings. One is about three feet by four feet and the other is a little bit smaller.

group show

I was asked to design a card for a show at McCaig-Welles Gallery. Here is what I came up with,  and my piece from the show.

The Beach

Here are three new landscape paintings. They are all 38″ x  52″ on paper.