Lightning Studio

Ithaca iphone Winter

2011-02-03T12:27:00.009-05:00

Do you think these are better than Hockney's?

From East Shore

Sunset Park

From Stewart Park

Late night iPhone Painting

2010-12-12T10:58:00.004-05:00

Hmmm. . .

2010-12-06T14:56:00.000-05:00

New Orleans Mid-City

2010-11-22T14:03:00.007-05:00

I returned last week back from a short pre-Thanksgiving trip to New Orleans to visit my cousin Sue and her husband Matt. The've settled in after moving down there this summer, and they were our tireless tour guides (mostly of restaurants and Po'boy shops) for the weekend. Matt treated me to a coma-inducing shave at Aidan Gill. Bring back the shave/haircut haberdashery please.

There was significant fresh paint everywhere. This is the house across the street in mid-city that was getting the full treatment. It was a great trip. Mary loved the iron horse head fence posts in the French Quarter and Mrs. Robinson the cat.

Rt. 17 / Future Rt. 86

2010-11-11T16:55:00.004-05:00

This is a watercolor of an iphone photo taken on a bus trip from Ithaca to NYC.

SOHO Stag

2010-11-08T12:27:00.004-05:00

I took a picture of this deer inside a boutique SOHO home store when I was in NY for a wedding in August. He was arranged and draped with beads with some other taxidermied friends in the center of the room.

Stewart Park and Alex Katz

2010-11-06T14:11:00.007-04:00

This gouache painting is 1.25 inches by 2. I read once that Alex Katz paints his paintings after completing color and composition decisions on a much smaller scale, and he tries to transfer the immediacy and speed of small paintings to the large final. In this video you can get a hint a master painter's competitive ferociousness.

"I want a painting you can really put next to a Kline or de Kooning and really give it an ounce. . . and when I got to these big heads, they did it. A little painting of mine next to someones else's painting will usually destroy it. . . You want to burn the image in someone's head."

He calls his work aggressive, but as a viewer you might just be seized by it and see only the calm result, like a graceful ballerina hiding her effort.

Want Up

2010-11-04T11:16:00.003-04:00

Last Summers Crash

2010-11-03T14:49:00.005-04:00

No one was hurt, but those tire marks are still there, and I can't help thinking about it when I drive by. There's also a tree with a big scar further up the road from a different accident. Drive safe.

Watercolor on paper

South Hill

2010-01-06T21:23:00.003-05:00

Remember Fall? It Doesn't look like this now.
Watercolor on paper (detail)

Tube Cartoon 001

2007-11-04T08:46:00.000-05:00

Here's a little something new. I hope you like it.

Goths of Summer

2007-05-29T14:20:00.001-04:00

I'm not sure Shrek can be considered Goth, thus the steel ball necklace. And look at Spiderman; Anthonly Lane has a great line about the evil Peter Parker in his New Yorker review.

He looks like the bronze medalist in a teen-age Hitler-impersonation contest.

Acrylic on paper 8.5" x 11"

Shipping Posters

2007-03-13T14:40:00.000-04:00

Computer drawing

New Bad Omens, 2007

2007-03-08T16:32:00.000-05:00

It's March, and we can now confirm these three new Bad omens for the new year. En Garde.

Ink and wash 3"x 2"

Baby Names

2007-02-27T11:15:00.000-05:00

Ink and Wash 8.5" x 11"

Vote 2008!

2007-02-21T14:12:00.000-05:00

Ink on paper 8.5" x 11"

I love the City

2007-02-20T11:19:00.000-05:00

Ink 11" x 17"

Results are in!

2006-11-09T13:40:00.000-05:00

Ink and Wash 8" x 10"

Princeton proves what we already knew.

2006-09-15T10:52:00.000-04:00

The Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine can be hacked. It can be hacked in a couple of minutes by anyone who has access to the machine or access to a memory card that will later be used in the machine. The hack can steal votes and modify every internal audit log and record. The vote stealing software can be undetectable and can erase itself at the end of an election. The Diebold voting machine is also vulnerable to viruses that could transmit the vote stealing software machine to machine by innocent election staff. The Princeton study also notes that the machine itself, the hardware, is not secure. The lock protecting the memory card was easily picked, procedures for the machines tamperproof security seals are not routinely followed or known, and there is insufficient or nonexistent inventory control for both the voting machines and the memory cards.

listen up folks:

"A voter-verified paper trail is the most important safeguard that can make e-voting machines more secure."

2006-06-13T16:58:00.000-04:00

Ink and color 8.5" x 11"

Players' Wives

2006-06-08T15:34:00.000-04:00

I'm illustrating over at Austin Kelley's World Cup Newsletter. Stop by.
Pen and ink 8" x 2"

Casual

2006-05-29T17:39:00.000-04:00

Ink on paper 8.5" x 11"

West Virginia Angel

2006-05-17T17:13:00.000-04:00

Acrilic on paper 7" x 11"

My Studio Window

2006-05-16T19:45:00.000-04:00

Acrilic on paper 9" x 12"

Fog Delay

2006-05-10T14:49:00.000-04:00

Gouache 7" x 8"

Greenpoint Fire

2006-05-03T21:42:00.000-04:00

Pencil and wash 8" x 12"

Saddam Sandwich

2006-04-26T23:43:00.000-04:00

Pencil and ink wash 8" x 10" each

I forgot to tell you about my Valentines Day

2006-03-08T11:27:00.000-05:00

Ink on paper 8" x 10.5"

Switcheroo Crèche

2005-12-20T16:31:00.000-05:00

Ink and digital color 8.5" x 11"

Trouble in the woods

2005-12-09T12:22:00.000-05:00

Ink and digital color 8.5" x 11"

Head Wrap

2005-11-05T13:50:00.000-05:00

Ink on paper 13" x 17"

Smoking Tulips

2005-11-01T17:59:00.000-05:00

Ink and watercolor on paper 11" x 17"

Sinking

2005-10-17T18:56:00.001-04:00

Computer Drawing 6.5" x 9"

I'm Off to the Met to see the Van Gogh Show

2005-10-13T10:27:00.000-04:00

Pen and Chalk on paper 4" x 5"
Wish me luck.

Greetings from Florida '98

2005-09-30T12:40:00.000-04:00

Oil on board 8" x 10"

St. Francis

2005-09-27T18:16:00.000-04:00

Pencil on paper 5.5" x 9"

Mandolin for a Tree

2005-09-23T11:39:00.000-04:00

Ink on paper 11" x 15"
Thanks Salvator!

My New Neighbors

2005-09-22T13:16:00.000-04:00

Ink with computer color 8.5" x 11"

Heckscher Ballfields #2

2005-09-19T22:49:00.000-04:00

Ink on paper 8.5" x 11"
You're an artist. The work tells you your direction. By listening to your instincts and curiosities, questions will undoubtedly come up. The problems that seem the most compelling are ones that need answers, and can be answered by making something that no one has ever seen. The aesthetic is not so important to the artist. Pretty is for the viewer. You're not a craftsman. The art is what you do to find answers. Richard Serra, and Dali agree, "There wouldn’t be much point in making something that you already know." All the same, "the work" has to start somewhere. How about with a pen drawing of Central Park?

Ringling Hotel

2005-09-18T12:23:00.000-04:00

Charcol on paper 11" x 14"

The Love Triangle Diet

2005-09-15T12:35:00.000-04:00

Gouache and ink on paper 9" x 11"
I’m here to tell you that the pounds will melt away if you vow to eat only from the plates of amorous diners. It’s that simple.

Still Life with Lobster and Grapes

2005-09-14T17:10:00.000-04:00

Watercolor on paper 9" x 12" SOLD
Paintings of objects are often more delighting and accessible than the objects themselves. Plus everyone has the space. Admit it. Your walls are bare.

Armory Steps

2005-09-12T22:03:00.000-04:00

Acrylic on paper 8" x 10.5"

Four Picasso Studies (on the subway)

2005-09-09T20:03:00.000-04:00

Ink on paper 5" x 7" each

Get-up-and-go

2005-09-07T23:07:00.000-04:00

The Odyssey

2005-09-06T23:56:00.000-04:00

Ink Wash 14" x 17" SOLD
tags: homer the sirens penelope

Rear Window

2005-09-03T16:29:00.000-04:00

Watercolor on paper 9" x 12"
tags: blue sky buildings brownstones skylight early fall late summer labor day weekend

Flood Boys

2005-09-02T23:53:00.000-04:00

Ink wash 15" x 20" SOLD
tags: drawing help rescue wordly possessions the void

Mess Portrait #3

2005-08-31T19:17:00.000-04:00

Watercolor on paper 7.5" x 10"
tags: I think it's getting worse still life egg timer hooch

Mess Portrait #2

2005-08-26T11:04:00.000-04:00

Watercolor on paper 8" x 11"
tags: bed sketchbooks canvas clothing danish modern

Mess Portrait #1

2005-08-25T16:55:00.000-04:00

Watercolor on paper 7.5" x 10"
tags: kitchen pots & pans mess

'95 Ithaca

2005-08-24T23:46:00.000-04:00

Oil on board 5" x 7"
tags: Ithaca summer sunset light collegetown porch

Style Wars

2005-08-23T00:52:00.000-04:00

If I were a graffiti writer. . .

Watercolor on paper on subway 10" x 15"
tags: subway graffiti florida

Sweet Rain

2005-08-22T07:37:00.000-04:00

Ink wash on paper 9" x 12"
tags: Carrol Gardens Rain

Softball Warmup

2005-08-15T23:19:00.000-04:00

Ink and watercolor 8.5 x 11"
tags: central park softball green new york city uniform

Figure Drawings #1

2005-08-14T18:42:00.000-04:00

Ink wash on paper 7.5" x 11.5" each
drawing figure drawing violin fiddle

Heckscher Ballfields

2005-08-13T17:14:00.000-04:00

Arylic on paper 8" x 10.5"
tags: painting oil painting cityscape nyc baseball central park sunset red green daily artist softball

Slope Sunset

2005-08-12T08:14:00.000-04:00

Oil on board 6" x 10"
tags: painting oil painting cityscape nyc brooklyn park slope sunset red orange daily artist

Hazy Brooklyn

2005-08-11T14:40:00.000-04:00

Oil on board 6" x 10"
tags: painting oil painting cityscape buildings nyc brooklyn grey blue pink daily artist