The End of An Era, The Start of a New

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Moving. What can I say?

Beyond the physical and mental challenge of moving, my studio relocation from 6th Street to the new one at Hill Street was surprisingly emotional. So much history, so much change in my style and approach, so much new art conceived and made there. It affected me deeply. As I begin to establish the new workspace on Hill Street, I wanted to take a moment to pay tribute to the one I've called my artistic home the past 6 years.

Getting ready to transition the studio from work mode to gallery mode for an open studio event in 2012.

An eerie scene around 1:30AM as the studio empties. July 15, 2014.

Back to the start. July 21, 2014.

Another view of the studio in full production mode circa 2012.

A whole other perspective on July 21, 2014. 

Serenity the night before an open studio event circa 2010. 

The sun sets on 6th Street.

The sun rises on Hill Street. 

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Euro Tour :: Paris

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Impressions from my week in the "City of Light".

Maillol Balance.

Centre Pompidou Vapeur.

Juxtaposition. Outside Centre Pompidou.

A cog in the contemporary art machine at Centre Pompidou.

"Ghost" by artist Kader Attia. Centre Pompidou.

3 Views of a Giacometti. Centre Pompidou.

Musee Rodin #1. Gates of Hell.

Musee Rodin #2. Gates of Hell, featuring Le Penseur (The Thinker).

Musee Rodin #3. Portrait of Rodin by Antoine Bourdelle.

Musee Rodin #4

Musee Rodin #5. Ugolino is hungry.

Musee Rodin #6

Musee Rodin #7

Sacre Couer / Montmarte

Parisian Sentinel. Le Eiffel from Montmarte.

This is Paris.

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Reyes Open Studio Show :: Installation Shots

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Pictures of my studio and artwork at my most recent Open Studio Show in Los Angeles. This, the 10th Anniversary Edition, marks a decade of art making/art showing since the first Open Studio I hosted when I lived in NYC.

(Photo courtesy of Don Edmondson)

(Photo courtesy of Don Edmondson)

(Photo courtesy of Don Edmondson)

(Photo courtesy of Don Edmondson)

(Photo courtesy of Don Edmondson)

(Photo courtesy of Don Edmondson)

(Photo courtesy of Don Edmondson)

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New York City Art Explorations / 2010

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Always looking! In the Greek/Roman marbles at the Metropolitan.

This whole area used to be the cafeteria...now bringing out some impressive sculptures like this one of a youthful Hercules.

I draw this same sculpture every time I visit the Met! I'd like to have one.

Looks like Napoleon shot a cannonball thru this one when he occupied Egypt.

A closeup from a Hockney in the Modern wing of the Met. He grows on me more and more every time I see his work.

A view from a bench in Union Square, and reference for the little abstract sketch below...

"Union Square" / Oil pastel and ink on paper / 4 x 6"

"Danse (I)" / Matisse / Museum of Modern Art

"After Matisse Danse (I)" / Ink and whiteout on paper / 6 x 8". I approached this one by trying to draw the shapes in between the figures and their limbs instead of trying to draw the figures.

Background: Robert Motherwell's "Elegy to the Spanish Republic" at MOMA

Foreground: "After Motherwell's 'Elegy to the Spanish Republic' " / Oil pastel and whiteout on paper.

(The gentleman taking a closer look at the original had been sitting next to me for about 15 minutes as I was tackling this drawing. Not sure why, but love how this photo captures me working, an inspiring painting, and a patron in a great museum at the same time.)

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