AUTUMN GLOWS in my apartment

The early morning sun floods my apartment with a warm glow…….

making breakfast and reading the New York Times a pleasure.

Tiffany,  Van Gogh,  Picasso and Shakespeare keep me company.

PICASSO takes a bite out go the BIG Apple

I created my PICASSO masterpiece at the Little Shop of Crafts on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

 

The apple is a WINESAP.…………my “go to apple” for pies.

It’s a fun place your let your creativity go wild.

The KING TUT plate is sort of fun!

BLACK and WHITE PHOTOS……..colorized

These vintage photos have been colorized…………WOW!

WiNNIE CHURCHILL……1941

CLINT 1962

PICASSO

JIMMY STEWART

AL HITCHCOCK

CHARLES DARWIN

ALBERT EINSTEIN 1921

MARILYN and her famous “mole”

The KENNEDY brothers in front of the White House.

 

CLINT EASTWOOD in 1960…..admiring the engine in his Jag.

JOAN CRAWFORD 1932

SOPHIA and JAYNE…..showing off their famous tits.

VALENTINES DAY • Street Art

This gallery contains 12 photos.

CARLOS PONS GUERRA visits New York

Carlos was in the Dominican Republic for a month choreographing .

His plane to London doesn’t leave until tonight so we had a few hours to play.

FIRST STOP………The Plaza Hotel………….

Lunch at the Plaza………..in one of Todd English’s food spots.

A stop at TIFFANY’S………in the exact same spot where Audrey Hepburn had her morning coffee.

A quick visit to the MOMA..……..for a “must see” PICASSO.

MATISSE…………meets Carlos!  Or is it the other way around!

The painting that started it all!

WARHOL.…….who else made Campbell’s soup a household word.

TIMES SQUARE.………….where madness reigns.

THE PLAZA HOTEL………….Trump bought it for $400 million in 1988.  It is up for sale again for $800 million.

Carlos and ELOISE..………the famous painting by Hillary Knight.

A stop in the TRUMP TOWER……………but the Donald was in IOWA!

CLICK ON…………to see his choreography

http://www.denada-dance.com

SOTHEBY’S • East Side Children’s Art Show

300 kids showed off their artwork at SOTHEBY’S last week………and a lot of these kids said they want to be artists when they grow up.

Move over MONET.…….and PICASSO………someday Sotheby’s may be selling these kids art.

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Kids from seven schools……kindergarten to 5th grade……. entered and were chosen by their teachers to exhibit.

It was a  delight to see the kids faces when they saw their art pinned to the wall.

GILA’S NOSH / ART GALLERY

 

On Friday, Don and I dropped in at GILA’S for a nosh. ……[on East 23rd street].

GILA’s menu is authentic Mediterranean…….and worth the schlepp on the 23rd street crosstown bus to get there.

 

Her rugelach is sublime……….puff pastry, strawberries, raisins, walnuts and a touch of love.

It is a simple Continental Cafe…………no pretense………. just delightful cuisine.

GILA lets her walls serve as a gallery for students down the street at The School of Visual arts.  This painting [a New Yorker] was on exhibit.

MEET THE ARTIST:  Paul Thiesing…….a student in the Illustration Department at the SVA.

Paul’s painting is now in our collection……..on the wall of my art studio………hanging next to the Picaasso.  Marie Laurencin [Picasso’s lover ] is the painting in the bottom right corner.