Chatting with my peeps over at the Sketching Forum and i came up with an alternate solution to my small portable Winsor Newton 1/2 pan traveling watercolor set. Combing through ebay turned up a lot of student watercolor sets that were perfectly viable, save for the junk paint. So I picked…
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the Frieze 2014 NYC art fair was nearly as strong as its predecessors. Always a lot to to take away. A few quibbles. But still easily the best art fair in New York. Here are my take-away paintings and sculptures... The Breeder Gallery in Athens, Greece had two strong showings…
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A return to plein air sketching with the moderate weather at the park. Spent a couple of hours at Central Park on Wednesday patching together a two page panorama of the southern shore. Rough work and super rusty. But back in the saddle. Can't wait to find out where…
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Welcome to the end of the line. This week I released the final installment in a 10-year long mixtape project: Par Avian 101 - Return to Sender. I close the books on Par Avian with this massive 2 1/2 hour mix that took 2 1/2 years to make. My masterpiece,…
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Moving into my sophomore year in plein air, I came across a loose drawing I did last year of the expanse along the southern shore from the Bad Tree to the pairing on the southern shore. Which I affectionately, but probably incorrectly, describe as the Copse. It's an area viewed…
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Four mixes; 100 Tracks - Par Avian 100! Just as the Mayans predicted. In 2004, I started an audio trading game with friends. Make a "mix-tape" about an hour long with a theme. The list could only be 50 people long. If you made a mix you got to nominate…
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A music project that I've worked on with friends for the past decade is celebrating its 100th mix tape in the coming days. Stay tuned for more information soon. Par Avian 100 - 4 mixes, 100 tracks. It is epic. Nearly 8 hours of carefully considered airplay. So, whatcha doin'…
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I co-curated an exhibition of Fanny Brennan paintings at Leigh Morse Fine Arts. The opening for "Fanny Brennan Retrospective" was last night and despite the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, the event was flush with revelers and a good time. The artist's son and longtime friend of mine, Richard Brennan, and…
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I'm co-curating a Fanny Brennan Retrospective that opens next week at Leigh Morse Fine Arts. Leigh asked that I design the invitations as well. A quick digital print run of the invites and the long-rumored 2-sided business cards came this past week. behold. The invite is an offset run on…
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