This announcement has been subject to the quarantine in efforts to stay safe at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The gallery installation did not take place, but in the mean time you can see many of my painted street scenes in the YouTube video (see Virtual Gallery event above). I look forward to yet present this work in the gallery in the coming months, when it is safe for us to have a reception!
I am excited to announce a solo show of my work this April and May at the Malvina J. Freedson Gallery at Winton Place / Pier W in Lakewood, Ohio! I will be showing paintings of STREET scenes of both local places and those encountered in my travels.
It is indeed an interesting, epic time in all of our lives. At a time when it is recommended we keep “social distance” within our community I hope, as a visual artist, that this exhibition will allow us to remember the meaningful metaphor of the street as the communal place where we meet our neighbors and strangers alike.
As an architect, I have spent considerable time in professional practice working on projects small and large that have at least a small component of urban design, and sometimes even a large component. In fact, after 9/11 even, i spent time doing urban design analysis of the World Trade Center site, as part of a role our firm (based in the East Village in NYC) had in both planning and evaluation efforts of the design for the future rebuilding of this iconic location. All of these experiences have given me a focus in architecture that is often less on the object of a building and more on the space between buildings, or streets.
I think I have done 100+ paintings / studies of street scenes in the last 5+ years. Not all of them have people in them but they represent human elements, scale, and my personal point of view. There is a story in each moment, many including other people, even that I have met along the way.
I hope you / we will be able to visit the gallery in person in time, but for now I hope you will enjoy the video!
New exhibition dates and an event for and Opening Reception - details to follow.
Street Graphic
Broadway and West 46th ST
NYC, Times Square
Prospect & East 46th Street, Pocket Park
Cleveland, OH
Myself and a “stranger” (she wanted a pic with me?!), in the streets of San Francisco. I was painting this street view In Pacific Heights,looking towards the Bay and Bay Bridge