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Brighton Beach mamacitas
I wish I didn't have to leave the beach.... There were so much more to capture ;)
Brooklyn series
So I will be working on a series of paintings featuring Brooklyn landscape. It is something of a personal project. For some reason I really love industrial lookin areas as well as old buildings and odd placement of them in this ever changing hood. This is work in progress on the first painting.
Alone
I saw this homeless guy last winter on train. Because of his occupation no one wanted to sit next to him. I don't know why but the image struck me and I took a quick picture of him, thinking that hopefully one day I can use it for something.
This semester in one of my classes the professor gave us an assignment to do an oil painting featuring a figure in a state of deep emotion and immideatly thought of the guy on the C train. Looking closer at the photo I realized that he had a wedding band on his finger. I wondered what had happened to his wife., why he never pawned his ring, what is his story. The empty space next to him now was reminicent of a broken umbrella - a torn apart alone human being.
Sketch and idea approved, I am moving on the next round of a refined sketch and the painting.
Family
This week was full of family activities which were beautifully exhausting for all participants. My brother, Yannes was in town for the first time in 5 years and it was great to see mom and him together. Even though they both got very tired from paddle boarding, Governor's island hoping, beach going and NYC Library attendance, i think they had fun together.
Subway Series
Since this summer i haven't ventured out further than bicycle ride in Brooklyn and although i hate the NYC subway with a passion (commuting during the school year is draining), i have missed sketching on the train.
I guess this is the beginning of the never ending subway series of sketches.
