BEAUTY: Painting--Lisa Breslow

With an upcoming trip to NYC in my mind, here is the fun, near-abstract cityscape imagery of artist Lisa Breslow. I love her use of palette knives to create structure.

Top to bottom: Chelsea Shadows; From the High Line; Gramercy Park South; Greens and Blues; High Line; Spring Green; West Village Street 2; Yellow Light

https://www.lisabreslow.com/

rue David Bowie, 13th Arr., Paris, France

Yesterday, on what would have David Bowie's 77th birthday, the city of Paris unveiled a renamed street in his honor. The newly christened rue David Bowie is in the 13th arrondissement, between the Jardin des Plantes botanical gardens and the National Library, and between two modern office buildings that include the headquarters of news outlets Le Monde and L’Obs. If you want to visit, the nearest Metro station looks to be Gare d'Austerlitz.

AP Photo | Christophe Ena

AP Photo | Christophe Ena

BEAUTY: Painting--David Wilson

I am loving the light reflected on the rain-slicked streets in David Wilson's paintings. The way he catches headlights and streetlights and neon signs is enchanting...

Top to bottom: All That Time; Bring Me With You; I Like To Ride In The Backseat With You; I'll Take That Chance; In The Distance; Last Night; On The Other Side; So Much To Say To You; Somebody Said To Me; Take Me Away; The Whispers In My Head

Originals of some of these images are for sale on his site!
https://www.davidwilson.ca/

BEAUTY: Painting--Dmitiri Cavander

Apropos of my recent post here about the San Francisco streetscapes and imagery of artist Scott Prior, here is another artist who obviously loves the hilly ups and downs of the neighborhoods and vistas of San Francisco. Dmitri Cavander gives us lovely, concentrated views of specific roads through The City...

Top to bottom: Uphill From Sanchez To Dolores; Up Out Of Marina; From Shrader Street To Cole; 25th From Noe; A Pretty Steep Hill; Above Cole Valley; Carolina Street, Potrero Hill; Cole Via Shrader; Diamond Street Bus Stop; From 26th To Clipper

https://www.dcavander.com/

BEAUTY: Painting--Scott Prior

Scott Prior is an award winning oil painter and Southern California native but received his BFA from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco so it makes sense that the lyrical beauty, stunning views, and hilly vistas of The City feature prominently in his imagery. I love cityscapes in general, but especially when they are of my beloved city.

There are a few cities in the world that have their own unique visual vernacular, their own architecture, their own special feeling, and just can't be mistaken for any other city. Almost any view of Manhattan is instantly recognizable and can only be that particular city. A view of terra cotta buildings magically floating on narrow canals almost always reveals itself to be Venice. And San Francisco is similar in that way: the buildings, the bay windows, the streets and how they are laid out and how they intersect other streets, a glimpse of a cable car,...it is all unique and instantly recognizable as San Francisco. Prior shows us the unmistakable steep streets and views toward the Bay, but he also treats us to views of specific iconic spots like Francis Ford Coppola's European-style Cafe Zoetrope located in the majestic Sentinel Building in the heart of North Beach, street cars on a rainy Market Street at night, the now-sadly-closed Marquard's, and the classic Café de la Presse on Grant Street near the entrance to Chinatown. But he has also captured perhaps the most unique view of the Golden Gate Bridge ever seen... in his painting International Orange, named for the exact color of paint that blankets the bridge, we see the underside of the monument from the San Francisco side looking toward Sausalito and the rest of Marin.

Top to bottom: Buchanan Street View; Bush And Powell At High Noon; Cafe Zoetrope; Evening Commute; International Orange; Little Cigar Store; Market Street Hustle; Powell Street; Service With A Smile; Steve McQueen Was Here; Time's Up

https://www.scottwprior.com/

"Street" by DuNock

Your moment of Zen: "Street" by DuNock.

You're welcome.

https://soundcloud.com/dunock

BEAUTY: Painting and Watercolor--Robert Bechtle

Considered to be one of the original photorealist painters emerging in the early 1960s, Robert Bechtle was born and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He employs oil paint as well as watercolors to create marvelous street scenes of cities around The Bay, and since this is my 'hood, his cropped images of sloped streets and cars at gentle or severe angles resonate deeply with me (I know Texas and Arkansas Streets well)!

Top to bottom: Clay Street, Alameda; Down Arkansas Street; Four Cars On Texas Street; Four Houses on Pennsylvania Avenue; Houses On Twentieth Street; Late Afternoon, Albany, California; Potrero Golf Legacy; Six Cars On 20th Street; Six Houses On Mound Street; Texas Street, South Looking

Robert Bechtle is represented by the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York.
http://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/robert-bechtle/work#&panel1-1