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Day Seventeen Triptych Two
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Above, a detail of Triptych No. Two, nicknamed the Taxi Triptych for the Taxi visible in the far left of the composition. The colors for this pieces are pretty evenly dispersed and have a balanced
Day Seventeen Triptych Three
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Nicknamed the Umbrella Triptych, No. Three’s color palette is strong blue/green/violet. The black brushstrokes are perhaps the most successful here with the energy of the motions harmonizing with
Day Seventeen Triptych One
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Triptych No. One was always envisioned as the warmest of the composition. Heavily grounded in reds, oranges and yellows reminiscent of sunrise. Above the color panels by themselves before their
Day Seventeen Triptych Four
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Much like the Taxi Triptych (No. Two), The Kira triptych is fairly equally balanced with color and has a jazzy rhythm to the brushstrokes.
Day Sixteen Part Two
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
The oven, above, looks like something out of the movie Brazil. The whole process was so fast that it was dizzying. This was the “small” oven.
Day Sixteen
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Tuesday started early as Klaus and I loaded the last 24 panels unto the truck and got on the road by 7 AM. We headed south to Austria, where nestled in the foothills of the alps, lay our
Day Fourteen
Friday, September 28, 2007
As Cindy continues to put the petal to the metal with the airbrushing of the final color panels, Klaus and I prepare to sandblast the signature panels. Needless to say, signing a piece before it’s
Day Twelve and Thirteen
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were solid work days. So concentrated and focused that I just hung up the idea of documenting/photographing. Airbrushing and mapping the colors and getting all the
Day Eleven
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The painting of the color panels continues. Right now, it’s a bit of a grind with tremendous concentration being given to each triptych. We are managing to do 3 panels in about two and half days
Day Ten
Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday began with the twofold goal of continuing the airbrushing of the color panels and the mapping of the color fields. The color placement has more to do with a syncopated beat that works both
Day Nine
Thursday, September 20, 2007
The color test panels are perfect and painting continues. The Black panels were driven off at 7:30 this morning to be be burned in. Day Ten will be Monday as I’m off to London this weekend.
Day Eight
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Although we did a test panel yesterday, we decided to do another series of color test panels today that would assure proper results that will determine our course of color airbrushing. From color to
Day Seven
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
By the end of the afternoon all 12 black layers were complete and mounted delicately in the transport harness. The last lifting of the masking layers, cleaning and quality inspections kept us at a
A day by day account of the progress of the manufacturing of 12 Glass Windscreen panels, a commission by the MTA Arts in Transit program for Kingsbridge Road station in the Bronx. The work is being done at Franz Mayer of Munich in Germany.