Sale to Benefit Rob Suarez Fellowship Scholarship

"La Greca" and "Foaming Hand Soap"
Acrylic on Wood.
9" x 12", framed.
$125 each (S & H incl.)

Sale of either one of these two little paintings, $100 of the proceeds goes to benefit the Rob Suarez Fellowship, which will assist one young man of color and single-parentage in San Jose, CA in attending and paying tuition at Bellarmine College Preparatory, my high school alma mater and place of solid upbringing.

The fellowship is named in memory of my beloved mentor, Rob Suarez, who gave many of us good counsel through the tumult of our adolescence.

Each piece is handsomely mounted in a hand-painted, recessed pine frame (shown here). and wall-mount ready. Will ship anywhere in the U.S.

Best,
-rz

Reception at Sirani Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Drove with friend and co-gallerist Jeff Faerber to Pittsburgh for a reception for a group show in which we're each showing about a dozen pieces.

Show will be up for another 3.5 weeks.

Best,
-rz

Scenic texture: Old Brick

Dimensions: 2' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic Latex and Tints

One more etude for the Scenic section of my site. Meanwhile, my little 6'5" x 8" studio is taking new shape. Chip brushes and purdy's replacing oil brushes and the like on my peg-board wall, remnants of spatter outline the ghosts of panels past on my luan floor cover.

I built myself a lining stick and procured a number of mop handles.



In other news, the Summer swelter dictated one more Summer cut and that I should finally shave the broom that was my moustache.


Heart,
-rz

Scenic: Knotted Hickory Slat Floor

Dimensions: 2' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic Latex

Wood grain sampled from my bedroom floor. My apartment was built ca. 1890, and retains the original broad hickory slat floor with ample spacing in between each board, as evidenced here.

Meanwhile, in other stupendous news, I've been hired on as the Scenic Designer and charge artist for the Domestic Crusaders debut performance here in NYC at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and will design and craft a set for them in approx. 3.5 weeks. Super stoked to be on board for such a monumental production.

Best,
-rz

scenic textures: cracked concrete wall, green slate

Dimensions: 2' x 2'
Medium: Student-grade acrylics and interior house paint

Once I have enough of these to make a set, I'll slap them onto the new scenic section of my site.

Heart,
-rz

Scenic Textures: Marble

Dimensions: 2' x 2'
Medium: House Paint and Pigment tints.

Prepping for the Union local 829 Scenic Artists exam in October, and further filling out my portfolio with sample textures and finishes. Last night was marble, veined and red.

On deck: slate, old and new brick, a number of wood grains, rough and smooth granite, and concrete, pitted, cracked and stained.

-rz

Capulet Grave: Tomb Sconce

Client: Interlochen Arts Camp
Designer: Rich Mason

Part of my job as a scenic this summer was to carve these skulls from a dense blue foam with a rasp and a hot knife, that love child of a razor and a soldering iron, and then paint them to match the altar which we'd built for the Capulet tomb for a production of Romeo and Juliet.

Tons of fun.

Meanwhile, back in Brooklyn, I've been tinkering with my site-- just made all the images bigger for your viewing pleasure. On deck, a portrait of our president and 1st Lady for a private commission, and a fresh batch of wee gallery paintings for a group show in Pittsburgh, PA at the Sirani Gallery.

Cheers,
-rz