12 days ago by Amanda

David Bouley revealed at a cooking demo last night that his latest projection for Brushtrokes, his restaurant and cooking school in the former Danube and Secession space, is July 2010. The complex, which seems to be quite an undertaking, was originally going to open in a building on West Broadway in ...

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24 days ago by streetdiscrete

Today I am starting work on painting “The Bold and The Brave”. But first I would like to make a note: the title of this painting comes from an old film made in 1956 about Americans living in France, but apparently there is also a Batman cartoon by the same name. This coincidence was brought to my at ...

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33 days ago by streetdiscrete

This post is kind of a post-op write up of the painting I just finished titled “Here I Dreamt”. I chose this title for two reasons: one, the image came to me in a dream while I was sick, and two, its the same name as a The Decemberists song I especially like. Actually the song is called “Here I Drea ...

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37 days ago by streetdiscrete

I’ve finished the abstract/surreal painting I posted as a work in progress a while back. Picking up where I left off (see work in progress category for past posts) I started today’s work with painting in the main figure in black and white. At first I questioned the high contrast look of black and wh ...

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45 days ago by streetdiscrete

After another hour of meddling with this cityscape painting I think I have made significant progress. Mainly I just went over the draft colors/lines working towards a more finished product. I am also playing with the idea of having various areas of the painting being in different stages of unfinish. ...

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59 days ago by oafactory

So of course we are not alone in our venture to raise money; not even the idea of sponsoring a single brushstroke is original. Which made me wonder: How many other artists and art organizations are using some form of this idea? I decided to do some searching on Google. I limited myself to 3 keywords ...

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75 days ago by Titania Veda

* Dewi magazine, June 2005 The debut opening of Roy Petley’s gallery in London caused an uproar in the West End, with people seen queuing down the street to get in. In fact, that wintry October night saw so many people in the gallery that the fire department responded four times to heat alarms going ...

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80 days ago by Michael

Michael Dale asked: Imagine standing on a mountain top. As you turn your head you can see a wonderful view. It is so breathtaking and beautiful. You feel inspired to pick up your brush and paint what you see… but there is so much. How do you begin? This makes art difficult to do… there is so much ch ...

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99 days ago by ExoticExcess

The Ports 1961 Brushstroke Print Charmeuse Dress ( $750) is from the Pre-Spring 2010 collection. A pearlescent brushstroke design extends from the bateau neckline of this easy-shaped charmeuse dress trimmed in a band of gold at the hem.

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138 days ago by Amanda

Tribeca: The Post reports that Prince of Tribeca David Bouley's landlord at 111 West Broadway is suing him for $1.3 million in back rent. The building in question is the one he originally leased back in October 2007 for his multi-story restaurant and cooking school Brushstroke, now planned for the o ...

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