A blissful day in New York – The centerpiece? This afternoon I signed the lease on a new studio space in Greenpoint. Big charcoal drawings are on the way!
Scary as all lease signings are, this is a manageable rent on a modest space in a building with a number of fellow artists I really like.
The rest of the day was spent walking, walking and walking some more, through Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Soho and the Lower East Side, indulging myself in a few purchases and finding inspiration for a couple of projects.
The clean house leads to renewed work possibilities.Woo HOO!
Congrats on the new space!
Just wanted to say hello, I met Matt () and he suggested I add you to my friends list.
I’m an art history major.
there is something incredibly powerful about reading about an artist on the eve of new creative exploration. WOOF WOOF WOOF!
Yay, Nayland! I amvery happy for you!
When is Bard done? I am leaving for Goddard residency in 2 weeks….yikes.
My first reaction is… I am SO jealous!
Lucky boy!
Thanks, and thanks for adding me – I can’t think of a higher recommendation than one from Matt!
Bard finishes up this week, thank god. And I have officially informed them that next year I will be working two weeks – leaving two weeks free for the vacation pledge (wink, reminder).
Believe me, your own chronicling of your studio experiences has served as a big inspiration.
I well understand. And part of what has prodded me to do it is all the jealousy I had been feeling about my student’s spaces. Which is sick, given how tiny most of them are. But, now that you have the new apt. squared away, it may be time to start looking into studio possibilites.
Thanks!
And I’ve neglected to post congratulations on your own recent art advances. The work has looked great!
Many thanks!
Thanks, my friend. :-))
i really think my next vacation destination should be NYC
i have never been and crave the experience of it, im sure it would inspire several written and painted pieces
Mmmmm. Polish cooking on Nassau Street. Smoked kranska. Mmmmmmm.
Thanks, and thanks for adding me – I can’t think of a higher recommendation than one from Matt!
Bard finishes up this week, thank god. And I have officially informed them that next year I will be working two weeks – leaving two weeks free for the vacation pledge (wink, reminder).
Believe me, your own chronicling of your studio experiences has served as a big inspiration.
I well understand. And part of what has prodded me to do it is all the jealousy I had been feeling about my student’s spaces. Which is sick, given how tiny most of them are. But, now that you have the new apt. squared away, it may be time to start looking into studio possibilites.
Thanks!
And I’ve neglected to post congratulations on your own recent art advances. The work has looked great!
Many thanks!
A very good choice, as there’s much to recommend it. Not the least being many bears waiting to jump your bones.
I want to get to New York, if only to see CBGBs (not (very) interested in having bears jump my bones – they’re fragile enough, given my lack of milk intake over the past 15 years, thank you 😉 ).
What IS that picture? Some kind of watermelon s/m scene – it’s a bit too small for me to tell…
Girlfriend, puh-leeze! 😛
You alone are more than enough to commend you.
Yay, clean house!
A very good choice, as there’s much to recommend it. Not the least being many bears waiting to jump your bones.
watermelon s/m! I need to add that to my interests list!
i always had the feeling that once i hit NYC i would not be leaving and woofy bears pouncing makes it that much more inviting
Yay! Congratulations! This can only be a good thing.
Sounds like someone needs to visit NYC.
And may I add, nice choice of icons. [wipes drool off of keyboard]
whoo hooo
What would be frightening would be if it actually came up blue!
I know! there’s a lot of culinary temptation in the nieghborhood.
It’s a still from a video I mad called “gorge” where I’m being fed for an hour. Thor was nice enough to make it into a user pic for me.
And you helped!
hehehehehe!
Thanks!
And like they say on the price is right: come on down!
Thanks! Long time no hear from you!
Cool. I know a gainer bear who would love to be in such a video. 😉
that’s great news! Maybe you’ll have an open studio soon. we can all bring canapes and other “feed the artist” goodies. and film it….
I know! there’s a lot of culinary temptation in the nieghborhood.
It’s a still from a video I mad called “gorge” where I’m being fed for an hour. Thor was nice enough to make it into a user pic for me.
And you helped!
hehehehehe!
Thanks!
And like they say on the price is right: come on down!
Thanks! Long time no hear from you!
I’ve been going to Greenpoint every winter for, well over 25 years now. I get one good Polish cooking fix and it lasts.
Last night I was up at the other end of the G train for my cevapi fix – Bosnian cooking – then went to the Greeks for some serioius dessert. Just think, all the Balkans and some of the Carpathians too, all for one token. Ain’t the outer boroughs great?