Up in the Lights on Broadway
Plogix, an online art gallery, connects a curated selection of “exceptional modern artists” with art enthusiasts and collectors worldwide. Plogix is recognized for its stunning on-screen art displays at iconic global landmarks such as Times Square, Piccadilly Circus, and Las Vegas.
I was thrilled when Plogix showcased my work “up in the lights of Broadway” for three days in August, October, and December 2023. Located on Broadway, they nestled between 46th and 47th Street, directly above the Pelé store in Times Square,
Highlighted works: Midnight at the Glassworks, Swagger & Smoke, 2 Cents a Pint, Double Dutch, Galactic Gambit, Floribunda Red, The Art Sherpa, and White Tulips at Midnight.
Stay tuned for Piccadilly Circus and Art Basel, Miami…
Paintings Exhibited at Bailey House Gala & Art Auction
Bailey House
While living in Louisville, I worked at St Anthony Hospital, the first healthcare institution in the state to accept a patient suffering from HIV and AIDS. The Hospital subsequently provided a gracious long-term residence for our AIDS patients. Today, Bailey House, a New York charity close to my heart, provides supportive housing for people living with HIV and AIDS and advocates on their behalf. I donate my work to Bailey House, in memory of those patients, and in honor of Betsy Lawrence, longtime Patron of Bailey House and New York School of the Arts.
Oakcliff Sailing Center, Oyster Bay, New York
Oakcliff Sailing Center
Founded in 2010 by Hunt and Betsy Lawrence in order to raise the caliber of sailing in the United States, Oakcliff Sailing Center offers everything from offshore racing to high-performance and inshore racing. Based on the North Shore of Long Island in Oyster Bay, the Center trains sailors of all ages and levels of experience. Oakcliff hosts sailors from around the world, filling the bay with sails year-round. Donating my work to Oakcliff rekindles my childhood memories of life at the seashore. It offers the opportunity to honor Betsy and Hunt Lawrence, whose generosity has altered my life as an artist.
Painting that Inspired a Poem, The End of the Island
Most of my childhood summers revolved around our family house in Brigantine, New Jersey. The island was largely uninhabited when my grandfather built — quite literally with his own hands — his “hacienda.” The house, situated immediately across the dunes from the Atlantic, was filled to bursting with our family —the patriarch, his wife, their seven children, and countless grandchildren. Everyone on the island knew the house, surrounded as it was with fantastic driftwood creatures created by our sculptor-Uncle, Richard Lieberman. Every summer ended with a long, long walk to “the end of the island,” where the Atlantic met the Bay. It was magical.
Brigantine inspired my painting, now part of a private collection in Scarsdale.
But the story doesn’t end there.
My friend, Stewart Gordon Rosenblum, was fascinated by my painting, specifically the unusual effect created by hand rubbed Micaceous Oxide over Silver Leafed Masonite — and by the origin tale from my childhood. He, in turn, was moved to write a poem by the same title. The poem appears in his collected works, The Reoccurrence of Love and Other Poems, copyright 2023, published by Atmosphere Press, and available on Amazon.
Mr. Rosenblum’s poem is reprinted here with kind permission of the author.
THE END OF THE ISLAND
Close up
it does not look
like much,
with its streaks
and smears of paint
on Masonite.
But, after stepping back
just a few feet,
a glorious vista
starts to appear.
With added light,
the painting begins to glow.
For her, it captures
endless summers
with extended family
gathered at the shore
and afternoon walks
to the end of the island.
For him, it does not evoke
a specific vista from the past,
but rather, the exhilaration
that we feel when we discover
new worlds that seem to stretch
as far as the eye can see.
How wonderful it is
to first encounter
what lies just on the other side,
around the corner, down the block,
through the woods, over the hill,
or deep in outer space.
Filled with anticipation,
we experience excitement
when we draw back the curtain
on the unknown
and reveal a landscape
with endless possibilities.
In those first few moments,
after conquering our fear,
we become the master
of all that we survey,
building the confidence
needed to take the next step.
We move from conquest to conquest,
exploring the world around us,
and claiming each discovery
as a personal triumph,
as if no one
had ever ventured there before.
Juried Show: Several of my paintings were proudly exhibited at the Cosmopolitan Art Fair in 2020, a distinguished virtual art event thoughtfully organized by Gallery Margo.
Cosmopolitan Art Fair
Chawton House Library
Completed in 2019, “Cowper Adorned” is a rare volume of poetical works by Wm. Cowper, published in 1854, with four original acrylic paintings on the outside and inside covers—calligraphy and bookbinding by the artist.
This very special piece has been donated to the North American Friends of Chawton House for auction to raise money for The Library at Chawton House, Chawton, England
The Chawton House Library is the world’s largest collection of 18th and 19th Century Women Authors. Jane Austen’s brother, Edward Austen Knight, owned the Chawton House Estate and provided a cottage on the grounds as a home for Jane Austen, her mother, sister, and friend after the death of her father. The cottage is now the Jane Austen House and Museum, while the estate became The Chawton House Library.
Several of my Shelf Life Series have been auctioned by the Chawton House Library, the North American Friends of the Chawton House Library, and the Jane Austen Society of North America.
Beacon Artist Union
Painting Exhibited at Beacon, New York, Annual Juried Show, 2019
BAU located in Beacon, NY