Recall

There are few works that inspire an immediate visual empathy- recollection of a surface brushed against the blush of light in an afternoon.

Kako Kazumi bowl

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Terri Brooks, Half Black

Meatpacking, NYC

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Terri Brooks, White Shape

Painted building, West Village

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A Pop of NY

As we walk the streets of NYC, her textures and colors amaze us. Armed with a camera and a sense of awe, here's what we see and shoot:

Graffiti, Soho

Andy Warhol Memorial, Union Square

Blue skies in Soho

Fishs Eddy Window, Flatiron

Can in Blacktop

Chair on High Line

"Chelsea Dry Clean"

Happy Thanksgiving!

NYC has been a bit gloomy this week and the only lively colors seem to be the subway seats as we shuttle from one neighborhood to the next. So, this Thanksgiving we're heading to NH. We leave you with a photo of what we've seen and what we're leaving for the next few days. A bit grey, but still beautiful!

It's a Jungle Out There

Union Square, NYC (from behind the brush)

Curves of Light

Our online stroll last night led us to Obsolete, a digital land filled with some of the beautiful and unique antique objects we've seen in a long while. We explored the lighting section first and knew we had to share it today. Each light is amazingly intricate and complex...a work of art unto themselves. We paired them below with sections of the city that feel similar once deconstructed from the whole.

Vintage lighting at Obsolete

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Barbed wire, West Village

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Industrial mixers, Chinatown NYC

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Fence, Tribeca

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New York "Street Art"

Last weekend in China Town

Installation in the Flat Iron Building by Miles Neidinger

Bike repair shop via Alfredo Louro on Picassa

Pennat String sculpture via No Place But

Bodies in Motion

Check out Figurations: The Fashion District's Pilings Project now in Midtown on 7th Avenue- An amazing collection of resin, figurative sculptures by Joan Benefiel . The sculptures reference Manuel Neri's and other midcentury modernist figurative work, but take on a new dimension in the color-saturated, semi-transparent resin. Against the hard geometric skyscrapers, amid the oppressive NYC heat, each gesture seems childishly heroic and Kool-Aid refreshing...it's the most fun we've had in midtown in a while!

A Quick Trip Downtown

A stroll in the West Village yesterday turned up some beautiful vines that added life to the more traditional urban setting. The palette to took our minds up to skies as we took flight with the great owl, and then grounded ourselves far away in the every soothing land of Wyeth.

Andrew Wyeth

Anna-Willi Highfield, Owl Perched, 2010

West Village, NYC

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Great Gray Snow Owl via Taking Flight

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Andrew Wyeth

Our Precisionist NY

Yesterday's rainy weather in NYC was perfect for noticing the geometries and symmetry of the buildings around us. Inspired, we turned to Precisionists Ralston Crawford and Charles Demuth to join our celebration of man-made wonders.

Chiaroscuro of iron and mortar

Charles Demuth, End of the Parade: Coatesville, PA at The National Gallery

Fire escapes: the epitome of utilitarian beauty

Charles Demuth, Modern Conveniences via Museum Syndicate

In the West Village

Charles Demuth, Business via The Art Institute of Chicago

West Village windows with sun ray facade

Ralston Crawford, Grain Elevators from the Bridge via The AMICA Library

Yellow brick and aqua windows- abandoned warehouse

Ralston Crawford, Flour Mill #2 at Christie's