Comments on: In the wringer: Little Neck Bay

By: Jeff Berlin

Jeff Berlin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:26:01 +0000

Greetings from LA!! Nice painting!! It’s exaclty what I remember—looking at the water after getting on the train at Douglaston. A perfect rendition the water behind PS98.

By: David

David — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:12:12 +0000

Nice! And Munch-ian to me….

By: NYkette

NYkette — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:45:08 +0000

Thanks, Robin! I’ve actually become quite nostalgic about that view, in spite of the dreary commute!

By: Robin Moore

Robin Moore — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:44:59 +0000

I think it is beautiful- both the picture and how you made something positive out of your dreary commute.

By: NYkette

NYkette — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:43:11 +0000

I was told I couldn’t paint, and that I would perhaps do better to take fashion design! So, I did, because I didn’t care to let anyone tell me how to draw or paint, and design seemed so meaningless that I could coast through it without feeling a thing.

No need to be convinced by any conclusions you draw by virtue of your BFA! We draw how we draw, and we paint how we paint, is how I see it. One’s style is defined by a certain inability to perfectly conform, I was taught in later years (in my literary studies).

By: shaw

shaw — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:16:50 +0000

I’m really getting a hint of early Avery here. Very nice. It took getting a BFA in painting to convince myself I couldn’t paint. Of course I’m going on my sixth year of N.Y.’er cartooning yet convinced I can’t draw… you do both quite well.