Back in NJ

I'm back in NJ for a day and my good friend and fellow artist Joe took the trip with me. We drew at a couple of places around Belleville, Clifton, Nutley, Bloomfield and Montclair. Here is another house in Clifton.



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Clifton in ink

I'm here in Clifton and I found a nice spot to paint a watercolor of. I sat along the pond and I pulled out my tools. Long story short I dropped my favorite mechanical pencil into the water and the stream took it. I decided to ditch the watercolor and do an ink drawing.


It felt good to do some drawing. I'm quite happy with this drawing, but I'm not happy about losing my favorite pencil. Oh well.

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Belleville NJ

Here's one more from New Jersey. This one on Greylock St, in Belleville.



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Belleville New Jersey

It's a beautiful day.


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Clifton New Jersey

I'm painting now, taking a short interlude for breakfast. Here's a quick sketch from earlier this morning.



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Crouching Aphrodite

This lovely Roman sculpture from 1 AD is at the Met. Crouching Aphrodite :



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Portrait of my Dad

I haven't done a portrait in a while, so I decided to try it out.


This is a watercolor that I did from a photo of my dad.


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Oceanside NY

I was hanging out with my friend and fellow artist Joe today. We decided to be productive and paint a little. We were near Oceanside so we stopped and sat along the water. Here is what I came up with:



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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and The Met

I've actually been somewhat productive as far as artwork goes, but I would like to write a little about a beautiful sculpture here in NY. Without a doubt my favorite museum here is The Metropolitan, and the other day I finally visited after my six month hiatus from the US. I didn't realize how much I missed it, or how beautiful the collection is. I'm always partial to Greek and Roman sculpture and I visited the Aphrodite sculpture which I always considered my favorite and the most beautiful.
This time I dedicated a lot of time to looking and admiring this beautiful sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux.
Carpeaux was a 19th centurey french sculptor and painter who lived rougly about fifty years dying in 1865, he produced this sculpture in 1861. This is called Ugolino and his sons, and it is a representation of a Pisano noble man who was said to be a trader to Pisa and was subsequently put into a tower and left to starve to death with his sons. He is also mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy (inferno) as being in the lowest circle of hell where traders remain after death. As you can see this sculpture is stunning and is truly made in the round.

I also enjoyed the American Wing and the american sculptors such as Augustus Saint-Gaudens and William Henry Rinehart. Once a month I will attempt to write and show photos of a sculpture at the Met. More artwork soon, and more photos of works that I appreciate.

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It's been a while

Quick sketches on the Q train (NY) and the 191x bus (NJ).






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Neoclassical

Pen on napkin !


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Church in Belleville

Belleville, NJ



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Church in Bloomfield

Bloomfield NJ


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Back on Campus

I'm back home and I have to get things squared away at school. I walked around campus and decided to paint a little. Here is a watercolor of Lloyd Delaney Hall. I am pretty sure I've painted it before.


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Organizing

I am back in the states. I will post some last sketches from Italy after I organize and unpack my luggage. As usual I ask for your patience. I'll be back on deck with artwork and such in a day or two. Putting things in order is no easy task.


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Belleville NJ

Here are a couple of watercolor sketches of some nice houses in Belleville, NJ.









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Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

I'm back home. I visited this beautiful (French Gothic) cathedral basilica here in Newark New Jersey yesterday. It was started at the end of the 19th century and finished in the mid 20th.



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Happy 4th

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My condolences to la contrada della chiocciola

Purtroppo nella prova di ieri mattina per il gran Palio Senese, il cavallo "Messi" della contrada della Chiocciola e' morto. Il incidente e' successo nella seconda volta alla piazza del campo. Messi faceva la curva famosa di San. Martino, cui e' stata conosciuta come il posto più pericoloso del decorso.
Il Palio sarà fatto queste pomeriggio, pero in fatti la Chiocciola non poterà essere incluso nella gara.


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