DISCOVERIES: Jenny Douglas, “To Build a Brooklyn Cottage: Journey of Discovery in Six Parts” (3/6)
In April 2012, we picked Dirt as the theme for the Brooklyn Cottage’s second month…
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DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “Elizabeth King” (4/6)
This is an artist whose absolutely uncanny work I also grew up with in my family house, but I had never met her. When I was working on “Curious Worlds,” David Beck…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “Curious Worlds: The Art & Imagination of David Beck” (3/6)
The biggest change for me in approaching this film and subject was that I knew I could not film it myself—the limits of my skills as…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “The Cardboard Bernini” (2/6)
I always marvel at the way this film grew totally organically out of the sudden death of my father and the way that one of his artists confronted his death. And at the same time…
DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “The Collector” (1/6)
Olympia Stone grew up in a house where the artworks […]
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on Painting His Old Dog Ruby (6/6)
People were always asking me: “When are you going to paint Ruby?” Ruby was a bearded collie, and my soulful companion since she was a puppy.
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on the Importance of Eyes (5/6)
People often tell me they feel I’ve captured the soul of their animal in my paintings. It’s true that I feel a great connection to animals—and one of the great joys of my work is that…
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on Painting People with Pets (4/6)
I’ve been making paintings my entire adult life and have made all kinds of work: Still Lifes, Landscapes, Portraits, Fantastic Fantasies and more.
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on Working with Particularly Large Commission (3/6)
This was a fantastic assignment and a great gig: a friend, who’s a successful screenwriter and owns a really great…
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on Backgrounds (2/6)
For my animal portraits, I’ve created a signature of bright colorful, graphic backgrounds that are fresh, contemporary and timeless. But I love to be challenged…
DOG & PONY SHOWS: Robert Lucy on How He Got Started (1/6)
I first met Robert Lucy as co-creator (with his […]
GORDIAN KNOTS: “One Day at the Change Machine” by Flash Rosenberg (6/6)
This is a comical, yet very sad portrait of the tragic CHANGE that happens when the most innovative, creative people are forced to…
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Moment Preserved” by Flash Rosenberg (5/6)
Flash didn’t want a PICTURE to remember a breakfast at her kitchen table with her dear friend Renee. She wanted to preserve Renee sitting there, fresh in tin foil–forever!
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Emotional Involvement Protection Garb” by Flash Rosenberg (4/6)
Finding a stack of adhesive, reflective Mylar at a flea market immediately inspired the creation of this cubistically fortified…
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Express Yourself Lane” by Flash Rosenberg (3/6)
Supermarkets have always struck Flash as a paradise for surrealism.
GORDIAN KNOTS: “Assheels” by Flash Rosenberg (2/6)
Flash was concerned that the person who looked at a woman’s foot and decided that high heels might be a good idea…might be thinking of something even worse.