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Margrit Lewczuk - A visit

This past Saturday I went gallery hopping in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) and one stop of the day was to see the work of Margrit Lewczuk. She was at the gallery and gave some time to speaking with us. I love her work so wanted to share the experience with you...courtesy of YouTube here it is:

Andy is Dandy

You all know my fascination with all things Andy... So what more could a girl want? Andy would be proud to be associated with this shameless Susan and Kurt version of the home, no make that factory, shopping club. Yep, you can click and buy any item in this blog except me.

Let's start with the Philosophy of Andy Warhol. I haven't read it but I like anything in a soup can. Is the philosophy canned? I couldn't say—try it for fifteen minutes and let me know.

My current favorite Andy inspired product is the Bond no. 9 fragrance named "Andy Warhol's Silver Factory." I LOVE the way it smells. I could see Andy jumping on the scratch and sniff bandwagon, although certain sniffs might make all that art much more attractive.



In case you are faint from shopping and need to take a break, here's Andy and Brigid Berlin discussing how Andy was able to produce thousands of paintings.





Finally, I've included a really swell gift for a budding artists you know, Andy Warhol's Colors. At least they'll learn the colors and how to count—up to fifteen minutes.

Good Bones

I usually don't show my works in progress but I was struck by one aspect of my process last week. Paintings need a good underlying bone structure in the same way a beautiful person does (no we're not talking inner beauty here). When I start a painting I typically paint completely abstractly, then I add a loose layers of realism (the flesh) to reach my typical fence sitting point. This painting is not finished yet and will flip back and forth a few more times before it's done. Looking at these I wonder how I can cause the bones to re-emerge and partially float on top. Maybe with glazing? Painters are such strange and beautiful people...good bones I guess.