As surreal as she may seem... 

I've lived all her dreams.

"She's His East Side Sunrise" 2014

this morning in my studio i continue my NYC Lady Series...

listening to The Innocence Mission

SWEEP DOWN EARLY MY FRIEND 

I was inspired by husband-and-wife singer-songwriters Karen and Don Peris:

Sweep down early, Tomorrow, come.
Ring out. Tell me you have arrived.
I will kiss all the faces of my beloved ones.
I will meet the morning.
Sweep down early, my friend.

And we will go somewhere now.
And it feels like we can go
in the morning. When the morning comes.

Flower forth, all you branches of Easter.
Why won't the spring come?
Sweep down early, Tomorrow, come.
Tell me that I can just start over again.
Sweep down early, my friend.

"Within Her Reach" 2013

8 x 24 

mixed media on canvas

One night before falling asleep in our Brooklyn apartment, Leo and I looked out our window to see a A 35-mile rainbow that lit up the cloudy night skies all the way from Manhattan 

to the hurricane Sandy ravaged Brooklyn. 

The spectacular spectrum of color was created by German artist Yvette Mattern. 

I knew one day I would paint it… last night and early into this morning I finished.

Leo just said I ended the year 2013 with my best piece.

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We are forever grateful for that view… and know in our hearts that the good in NYC is within reach.

we believe...