Amtrak - New Jersey to Washington DC

" Amtrak - New Jersey to Washington DC-II" 20x30 Oil on linen.
this is my new large painting on the same subject I did two years ago. The painting is available on my website.

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"Amtrak - New Jersey to Washington DC" 12"x20" oil on linen.

Miami Beach Lifeguard Station

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"Lifeguard Station No.10" 8x10 oil on hardboard. Framed size is 19"x21"

"NYC Water Towers-III"

"NYC Water Towers-III" 8x10 oil on hardboard. If you'd like to bid on this painting you can access the eBay auction by clicking here.

Lombardi's Pizza

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"Lombardi's Pizza" 8x10 oil on hardboard.

2nd Ave-NYC

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"2nd Ave - NYC" 8x10" Oil on hardboard. I listed this painting on eBay with optional frame.

The New York Times

"The New York Times" 12x16 Oil on linen.

Two years ago I bought this beautiful vintage telephone - 1940 (pictured below) on eBay. It has been seating in my studio and collecting dust until couple of months ago when I started this interior painting. I have to say it was really fun to paint. I see a few more versions of this in the future. Available here...

Puffy's Tavern

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"Puffy's Tavern-II" Oil on linen. 14"x22"

This is a larger and a little different version of “Puffy's Tavern”-8x10 painting I’ve done a few months ago.

 

Tribeca - Duane street

"Tea-Coffee" 14x16 oil on linen.

Meatpacking District

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"Meatpacking District No.3" 16"x24" oil on canvas.

I love to paint NYC Meatpacking District . This is my 3rd painting of this area.
The contrast of remaining industrial buildings, truck loading ramps and uneven cobblestone streets with trendy restaurants, bars, boutiques always an inspiration for a new painting.

2011

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"DOWNTOWN" 14"x20" oil on canvas.

My first painting in 2011 that I had started at the end of a summer. My goal this year remains the same- continue to find beauty in everyday life and try to make the ordinary things become extraordinary.
Also I will create more paintings in the size of 8x10 this year. I’m planning to finish a few pieces in this size for auction on eBay in the beginning of February.

Happy New Year

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"Cat" 14"x14" oil on linen.

I haven’t posted anything on my blog for a while. I changed my job 3 months ago and this transition is seriously cutting into my painting time. I just hope that day comes when I can pursue my dream of being a full time artist instead of switching back and forth between the steady income and my passion for painting, but I’m not ready yet to take this step.
Finally, I’ve finished a few paintings that I had started at the end of a summer. Here is the first one and I’m planning to post the rest of them here next week.
Happy New Year, everyone, and thank you for following my work!

"Red Hook -IV"

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"Red Hook -IV" 8x10 Oil on hardboard.
This is a second painting with Red Hook - Brooklyn NY and the photo I took and used as a reference for this painting.

Red Hook, Brooklyn - New York City. August 2010

"Red Hook-III"

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"Red Hook-III"
8"x10" Oil on hardboard

"Red Hook No.2"

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"Red Hook No.2" - 12x18 - Oil on linen.
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I painted and sold this painting a few years ago, but I would like to introduce this unique place before posting next group of my paintings with Red Hook Brooklyn NY. Located in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn , Red Hook has been an industrial area for over 200 years, full of warehouses, old factories, terminals and landmarks. Lately, there's so much growth and change going on in here - IKEA, the upscale Fairway Market, art gallery, waterfront landmarks, cruise terminal attract many people during the day. When I come here, I like to sit with a cup of coffee at Fairway’s waterfront cafe breathing in the salt-water air enjoying the beautiful views of New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty (the only frontal view in NYC) and Manhattan skyline, and watching all the boat traffic with occasional cruise ships go past. Then I walk the cobblestone streets taking pictures of the Civil War-era warehouses. The place has a character and uniqueness and a big source of inspiration for a new painting.

"NYC Water Towers-II"

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"NYC Water Towers-II"
8x10. Oil on hardboard.
One more painting with water tower. I've painted this building a few times and still come back to it with a new ideas. It’s Broome street in Soho.

"Brooklyn Bridge Café - III"

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"Brooklyn Bridge Café - III"

8x10 Oil on hardboard.

This is the third painting and the last one in this series, at least for now. I'm thinking of doing it again in near future in a larger format.

"Brooklyn Bridge Café - II"

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"Brooklyn Bridge Café - II"
8x10 Oil on hardboard.
I painted "Brooklyn Bridge Café" (below) two years ago. It has been sold to one of my art collector. I've received great feedbacks on that piece, so I decided to make a series. I'll post second 8x10 painting with a Bridge Cafe here on Monday.

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"Brooklyn Bridge Café"
20x24
oil

"Wines & Liquors"

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"Wines & Liquors" 8x10 oil on hardboard.
Old signs have never been a subject for my paintings. But one day I was looking to buy a bottle of wine for a dinner and came across the liquor store on 7 Ave in Greenwich Village. When I came out from the store this sign caught my attention and I thought it could make an interesting painting.

"Leaving Manhattan"

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"Leaving Manhattan" 8x10 Oil on board.
This is a crop of a similar painting with some new details that I painted a few years ago.

NYC Water Towers

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"NYC Water Towers" 8x10 Oil on board.
The water towers of Manhattan. They are a part of NYC skyline. If you want water pressure, you need a water tower. : )

FDR Drive

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"FDR Drive No.3" 8x10 Oil on board.
All 12 paintings are dry and I’ll offer them for a bidding on eBay. Starting off today with FDR Drive. I've done two paintings with this subject and was in the mood to do one again.

Tavern

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"Tavern"
8x10 Oil on board.
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I did not post anything here for more than a month. Meanwhile, I’ve finished 12 new 8x10 paintings. Here is the first one. I’m planning to start posting the rest of them in one week. I hope the oil will be dry enough to make the scan. The scanning process delivers more accurate image of the painting than photo.

5th Ave & 57 Street

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8"x10" oil on masonite board.
This is the last piece from the group of five 8x10 paintings I listed on eBay.
It's 5th Ave & 57 Street at 3am in the morning on a rainy night.

McSorley's Old Ale House

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" McSorley's Old Ale House -II"
8x10. Oil on hardboard panel.
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A while ago I’ve done a large commissioned painting with the famous McSorley's Old Ale House (here)
This is a fragment of it I made as a study for colors and some details.

"Bleecker's Corner"

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"Bleecker's Corner"
8x10. Oil on hardboard panel.

This is Bleecker street in Greenwich Village NYC.

Balthazar Bakery

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"Croissants & Baguettes"
18x24
Oil on linen.
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I never tired painting the Balthazar-trendy French Bistro in the Soho NYC.This is my third painting of it and in the largest size - 18x24. But this time it depicts the façade of the Balthazar’s bakery part.I hope you can smell the fresh bread coming from opened door.

Downtown - NYC

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8x10. Oil on hardboard panel.

This is my second painting from 8x10 group I’m planning to list on eBay. These two buildings are located on Church street in downtown NY, just one block away from Canal street and Broadway.

"Rain and Broken Glass"

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8x10. Oil on hardboard panel.

“Rain and Broken Glass “ is the first of five 8x10 paintings to be listed on eBay.

Lombardi's Pizza

"Best on the Planet"
18"x34"
Oil on linen

The weather is so hot here in New York that it's hard to focus on painting but stay on the beach. Anyway I managed to finish some new paintings. Three of them are in a large format and five are 8x10. I decided to experiment a little and use hardboard panel at this time. It was a quite a different experience, but I like the results and I’m planning to continue to use hardboards for smaller paintings. I'll put up all five 8x10 paintings covering a variety of New York scenes on eBay starting Monday at 9pm est.

If you are interested in purchasing click here

Caffe Reggio -NYC

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20x20 Oil on linen.

I'm back with one of my favorite subject – storefronts.

"One and One"

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"One and One" 12x18 Oil on canvas.

I hope this one explains itself. If you’ve been there once you will recognize the place immediately. This painting was inspired by one of my art collector.

Fire Escapes

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451 Broome Street - SOHO NYC. This grand Italianate skyscraper was built in 1895 and it stands out among its more modest cast-iron neighbors on Broome Street. This is my third and larger painting of this building and it was both challenge and pleasure to paint it. I will probably paint its roof top in the future.

West Village - Double RL

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I always have a fun painting storefronts. Here is Ralph Lauren at 390 Bleecker Streen in West Village.

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