Tonight I missed Innerscapes by Rachel Madden but I would have rather had seen that show than what was at Six Feet Under (which I did end up seeing);  I just did not show up on time.

INNERSCAPES
Paintings by Rachel Madden
July 13 – September 3, 2006

Opening reception: Thursday, July 27, 5:30 PM- 7:30 PM

NY Studio Gallery
is pleased to present paintings by Rachel Madden.These intimate, mesmerizing oil on canvas landscapes relay an intrinsically meditative quality springing from the human condition of hope amid despair. 

Hopefully this picture is not too large (in pixel size) or else I’ll need to resize it.

Kinda similar, in some respects to Bonnard’s work and does not have a title and is 24 x 30 inches.   Had I arrived earlier - this would have been the show to see.

I have a problem with making it over to the West Side - its’ really out of the way for me.  The galleries that have taken over Chelsea are mixed in with moving companies and the remains of the 3rd Avenue EL.  I have mixed feelings about having so many galleries that far west.  On the good side - you can hit several openings at one time; on the bad side - it’s really an effort to go there in the first place.

I wish the galleries would do something extra to encourage more people to come over to Chelsea - like provide a free meal, or a free something - I don’t know - I just think that sticking all the galleries in Chelsea does not quite feel right or natural - but maybe that’s just me.  I liked all this stuff down in Soho much better. 

And By the way, Park Slope and Brooklyn is up and coming and maybe thats’ the place to be.  Forget about Chelsea, go and build all these galleries in Park Slope.

For any of ArtNYC’s readers - my work is in both Art and Analytics - Web Metrics to be exact.   I had an interview of me recorded last month at the ClickZ Online Video Conference in NYC.  The Podcast of that interview was just published tonight and incase you want to listen to it, here it is:

Marshall’s Podcast

Enjoy!

I was finally able to get over to the Brooklyn Artists Gym today to do a little painting; I took my son Adam with me and managed to get him to sit for me and did this sketch (below).

It’s difficult enough to get a teenager to sit still for long - I managed to get Adam to sit for about 90 minutes.

I usually try to finish whatever I’m working on in the same sitting - as far as I can.  Years ago, when I painted more often, I felt I often overpainted and it took much longer to achieve anything.