Quick sketches from Venice birthday trip

 Sketches done at David's 40th birthday party in Venice.

 

David, watercolor and pencil

 

Lucy, watercolor and pencil

 

Marco, watercolor and pencil

 

Ernesto, watercolor and pencil

 

Petra, watercolor and pencil

 

Rico, watercolor and pencil

Venezuela Coast at Celia and Ralph's

 

In the jungle, gouache on paper

Here is Venezuela while we visited our friend's place two hours south of Caracas before Chavez came into power. I am glad we got to visit when we did. The country has great beauty but I was somewhat disturbed by the extremes of poverty. There were daily flights of pelicans coming past every evening. Nature was abundant.

 

The coastline, gouache on paper

 

On the beach, gouache on paper

End of summer

 

Casoli di Camaiore, gouache on paper

 

St. Paul de Vence, gouache on paper

Ibiza gouaches

 

Ibiza Sun with boat and plane, gouache on paper

 

Ibiza yacht in harbour with storm clouds, gouache on paper

Charcoal portraits

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

End of Summer

 

St. Remy de Provence by the pool

Gouache on paper

 

Countryside near Carpentras

Gouache on paper

 

St. Remy in the garden

Gouache on paper

By the Water

 

Colombian friend of  Lisa in Ibiza by pool

Gouache on paper

 

Lance reading around pool in Ibiza

Gouache on paper

 

Lisa in Forte del Marmi

Gouache on paper

Poolside, taking in the sun

Lounging in South of France, gouache on paper

 

Summer dreaming, gouache on paper

 

Baking with shades on, gouache on paper

Ibiza in Summer

 

Ibiza water view, gouache on paper

 

Under a starry sky near the salt flats on the coast in Ibiza

gouache on paper

 

Looking over the bay to the old town in Ibiza

gouache on paper

South of France in August

Suzette, south of France, gouache on paper

 

Le Baux in Provence, gouache on paper

In this idyllic time of the year with the weather so beautiful brings to mind how wonderful southern France can be and some of my sketches done there. It is nice to forget about he other news and think on things that are more eternally satisfying.

End of Summer, St. Tropez

These are from a series I painted in late August several years ago in St. Tropez overlooking the Mediterranean in an idyllic setting and perfect for this end of summer when I want to hold onto this perfect moment before all the activity begins again.

 

Sunset, gouache on paper

 

By the pool, gouache on paper

Francis seated by window

Watercolor on paper

East River Views on a muggy August Friday

Gouache on paper, 59th Street Bridge

Con Ed and Long Island City

Summer in the City

Near the Lake looking towards Central Park South.

The Fountain at the Plaza

Summer in Central Park near the Great Lawn

Here it is mid July exactly, the 15th today. Muggy and humid. Perfect for slowing down.

Watercolor on paper, 11 x 15"

Watercolor on paper, 11 x 15"

July afternoon in the park

Small watercolor in sketchbook 5.5 x 8"

I ventured out yesterday with bike and sketchbook in tow and made several sketches in the north end of Central Park on the East side. It was quite comfortable in the shade and there were many beautiful spots with park benches so one could relax.

I really want to get to some more industrial sites but the lure of the park called to me as the loud noise of traffic and hustle bustle made me want to escape to a more peaceful place. I am still rusty with watercolor and want to also look more abstractly and work using nature as an inspiration but then simplify and explore more from imagination rather than have a strictly traditional approach.

This was on roughly 108th Street and Fifth Avenue on the southern end of the lake.

Thursday nude to keep cool

Oil sketch from life, 14 x 17"

I am going out in the park and streets to sketch today, and will start to post based on that work by the weekend. I originally started to post what I was seeing out and about in New York but have decided to post what I actually create while I am out and about looking.

Heat wave in the city

Oil on canvas, 36" x 48"

Friday in July

Oil on canvas, 30" x 40"

April Fools

'April Fools' sketchbook collage with pencil and oil crayons, turpentine

Red Hot and Blue City 4th of July

'Feudal memories'; sketchbook collage with gouache and pencil, Vogue magazine tear from 2001

Hotter than the 4th of July in New York City

Sketchbook collage with colored pencil with Vogue photo shoot from 2001

Summer Shakespeare in the Park

Gouache, 24 x 24"

Up From Abstraction

Collage, 18 x 24"

First of July 2012

Gouache on paper, 18 x 24"

Tape paintings at recent Volta Art Fair

What an inspired booth at Volta recently during Armory Arts Week at the Volta Fair, a juried fair offshoot that I attended for the first time and was glad I did. I enjoyed all three fairs, AADA, Armory and Volta, but after that just didn't have the energy to complete the rounds. I think at this point there is just too much to see and take in for any human being!

This was on a lightbox with simple masking tape. Then an overall theme of 'Rear Window' also completely done in tape on lightboxes, quite original medium, though not sure how long they hold up!