New and In Progress Work — Works by Westbeth artists, in progress or recently completed, in response to the crisis. Click on images and videos to enlarge.
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Ann Hamilton
"Tulips"
The Tulips was the first piece I worked on using a layer, paint and stitch approach and also using freehand machine embroidery. I also used acrylic paint on textile art for the first time.
9 x 15 inches
"Tulips"
The Tulips was the first piece I worked on using a layer, paint and stitch approach and also using freehand machine embroidery. I also used acrylic paint on textile art for the first time.
9 x 15 inches
Ann Hamilton
"Self Portrait"
This piece uses the same techniques - layering fabrics, machine stitching and acrylic paint.
I am focusing on learning new techniques, a new approach and working with acrylic paint which I find really enjoyable, basically lightening up on my way of working.
14 x 15 inches
"Self Portrait"
This piece uses the same techniques - layering fabrics, machine stitching and acrylic paint.
I am focusing on learning new techniques, a new approach and working with acrylic paint which I find really enjoyable, basically lightening up on my way of working.
14 x 15 inches
Lucille Rhodes
"Fusions"
I started studying Photoshop at the beginning of the epidemic... Here is a subway photo sandwiched with a sunset in Appalachia.
"Fusions"
I started studying Photoshop at the beginning of the epidemic... Here is a subway photo sandwiched with a sunset in Appalachia.
Lucille Rhodes
"Need Coats No Legs"
...and have been experimenting with my cellphone archive going back ten years. Here is a subway photo sandwiched with an iceberg in southern Patagonia.
"Need Coats No Legs"
...and have been experimenting with my cellphone archive going back ten years. Here is a subway photo sandwiched with an iceberg in southern Patagonia.
Lucille Rhodes
"Subway Smile"
This is my subway photo sandwiched with bougainvillea from Mexico,
"Subway Smile"
This is my subway photo sandwiched with bougainvillea from Mexico,
Stephen Hall
"Looming Loss"
"The thing is I feel the entire planet is precariously in crisis. Now is the time to be specific, not open to interpretation. This painting is about climate change and mass extinctions. Confronting tragedy with screaming beauty."
Acrylic on canvas 72 x 48 inches
"Looming Loss"
"The thing is I feel the entire planet is precariously in crisis. Now is the time to be specific, not open to interpretation. This painting is about climate change and mass extinctions. Confronting tragedy with screaming beauty."
Acrylic on canvas 72 x 48 inches
Olive Ayhens
"Yellow Brick"
Inspired by outside my window at Westbeth.
22 x 31 inches watercolor
"Yellow Brick"
Inspired by outside my window at Westbeth.
22 x 31 inches watercolor
Olive Ayhens
"The Waves Are Coming"
Reflections ...nature taking over. Done in my studio at Dumbo.
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
"The Waves Are Coming"
Reflections ...nature taking over. Done in my studio at Dumbo.
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
Olive Ayhens
"The Waves Are Coming" (detail)
Working with the boundaries and the blurring of inside outside...
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
"The Waves Are Coming" (detail)
Working with the boundaries and the blurring of inside outside...
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
Barbara Slitkin
"From a Horse's Mouth"
I was preparing for a show and consulting with Lucienne Weinberg. She noticed something that wasn't immediately apparent to me. She saw tongues in my paintings. Clearly that was so.
Ceramic 5 " x 5"
"From a Horse's Mouth"
I was preparing for a show and consulting with Lucienne Weinberg. She noticed something that wasn't immediately apparent to me. She saw tongues in my paintings. Clearly that was so.
Ceramic 5 " x 5"
Barbara Slitkin
"New Normal?"
Once aware, I realized there was a pattern in my work of using tongues and mouths. That's how it became a theme of mine intentionally.
Ceramic 5.5" x 4"
"New Normal?"
Once aware, I realized there was a pattern in my work of using tongues and mouths. That's how it became a theme of mine intentionally.
Ceramic 5.5" x 4"
Barbara Slitkin
"Keep a Civil Mouth"
I embraced the humor of creating works that whimsically recalled idioms, and such. Ironic how this theme is now ongoing in a time when we are not exposing our mouths in public anymore.
Ceramic 6" H x 9"W x 5'D
"Keep a Civil Mouth"
I embraced the humor of creating works that whimsically recalled idioms, and such. Ironic how this theme is now ongoing in a time when we are not exposing our mouths in public anymore.
Ceramic 6" H x 9"W x 5'D
Christina Maile
"Blood Shoe"
Completed in September. The things we imagine are not innocent. I was recently accepted into the online artist database of the White Columns Gallery, NYC based on a number of works including this one.
Watercolor 20 x 16 inches 2020
"Blood Shoe"
Completed in September. The things we imagine are not innocent. I was recently accepted into the online artist database of the White Columns Gallery, NYC based on a number of works including this one.
Watercolor 20 x 16 inches 2020
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place- Salammbô"
Postcards from Home series
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". A novel about a high priestess of Carthage (present-day Tunesia) caught in the machinations of a war with Rome during the 3rd century.
"Shelter in Place- Salammbô"
Postcards from Home series
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". A novel about a high priestess of Carthage (present-day Tunesia) caught in the machinations of a war with Rome during the 3rd century.
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place - Salammbô
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". Photo taken on Westbeth roof.
Stylists: Hiromitsu Morimoto, Jan Harding.
"Shelter in Place - Salammbô
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". Photo taken on Westbeth roof.
Stylists: Hiromitsu Morimoto, Jan Harding.
Joan Roberts Garcia
"Turn in the Road"
This piece took a turn during Covid, as I focused on one area, then the other. It took on an air of uncertainty. Painted from many photos of a country road in Pennsylvania, after a late summer rain. A driveway, at a crook in the road. shining brightly out of the woods. caught my attention- drew me in.
Mixed Media 60 x 48 inches
"Turn in the Road"
This piece took a turn during Covid, as I focused on one area, then the other. It took on an air of uncertainty. Painted from many photos of a country road in Pennsylvania, after a late summer rain. A driveway, at a crook in the road. shining brightly out of the woods. caught my attention- drew me in.
Mixed Media 60 x 48 inches
Ann Hamilton
"Reflection and Healing"
Nov 2020
watercolor 9 x 12 inches
"Reflection and Healing"
Nov 2020
watercolor 9 x 12 inches
Susan Berger
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1" continued
The third row again of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic and how areas especially the "Village" witnessed it.
The fourth row of those lives that were lost because of Covid19.
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. There will be 13 panels. 2020
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1" continued
The third row again of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic and how areas especially the "Village" witnessed it.
The fourth row of those lives that were lost because of Covid19.
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. There will be 13 panels. 2020
Susan Berger
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1"
The first row (and top piece): people who died during the Covid 19.
The second row of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. 2020. There will be 13 panels.
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1"
The first row (and top piece): people who died during the Covid 19.
The second row of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. 2020. There will be 13 panels.
Olive Ayhens
"The Waves Are Coming"
Oil on linen, 39 x 51 inches
work in progress
"The Waves Are Coming"
Oil on linen, 39 x 51 inches
work in progress
Karin Batten
"Mask"
Inspired by having to wear a mask because of Covid-19.
Oilstick, acrylic 12 x 8.5 inches
"Mask"
Inspired by having to wear a mask because of Covid-19.
Oilstick, acrylic 12 x 8.5 inches
Karin Batten
"Equality"
This is based on the BLM movement.
Acrylic, collage, magma, oil pastel 40 x 27 inches Oct 2020
"Equality"
This is based on the BLM movement.
Acrylic, collage, magma, oil pastel 40 x 27 inches Oct 2020
Ann Hamilton
"Lighthouse"
A lighthouse set at the end of a small village somewhere in Donegal done by part imagination, part memory. I painted it during the pandemic out of a sense of longing to be there and a feeling of isolation.
watercolor Oct 2020
"Lighthouse"
A lighthouse set at the end of a small village somewhere in Donegal done by part imagination, part memory. I painted it during the pandemic out of a sense of longing to be there and a feeling of isolation.
watercolor Oct 2020
Christina Maile
"The Owl and the Train"
Covid 19 dreams upon return to NYC
watercolor 20 x 30 inches
September 2020
"The Owl and the Train"
Covid 19 dreams upon return to NYC
watercolor 20 x 30 inches
September 2020
Ralph Lee
Vote Installation at Westbeth Inner Courtyard Guard Window
(which one is Ralph Lee?)
photo Christina Maile
Vote Installation at Westbeth Inner Courtyard Guard Window
(which one is Ralph Lee?)
photo Christina Maile
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place
Postcards from Home"
"Shelter in Place
Postcards from Home"
Dana Jensen
"Fez, Morocco"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
"Fez, Morocco"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Diana Jensen
"Installation of Work"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
"Installation of Work"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Diana Jensen
Port au Prince, Trinidad
From omy World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Port au Prince, Trinidad
From omy World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place Project
Postcards from Home"
I want to thank the incredible stylists of the Westbeth Beautification Committee who helped collect and arrange materials from the Flea Market: Halina Warren and Jan Harding.
"Shelter in Place Project
Postcards from Home"
I want to thank the incredible stylists of the Westbeth Beautification Committee who helped collect and arrange materials from the Flea Market: Halina Warren and Jan Harding.
Joan Hall
"I'm so excited to have BEHIND MY MIND: RHYMES AND COLLAGES, just published and now available on Amazon Books. For a long time I’ve been wanting to combine my poetry with my art. This book is illustrated with surrealistic color collages to accompany my thoughts and feelings in rhyme."
Available at Amazon Books
"I'm so excited to have BEHIND MY MIND: RHYMES AND COLLAGES, just published and now available on Amazon Books. For a long time I’ve been wanting to combine my poetry with my art. This book is illustrated with surrealistic color collages to accompany my thoughts and feelings in rhyme."
Available at Amazon Books
Christina Maile
"Fruitful"
Pandemic interaction of humans animals and plants.
Watercolor 9 x 13 inches
August 2020
"Fruitful"
Pandemic interaction of humans animals and plants.
Watercolor 9 x 13 inches
August 2020
Parviz Mohassel
New printmaking series
Maine
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August 2020
New printmaking series
Maine
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August 2020
Madlovely and Rolex Rasthasy
produced by Melika Dave
Official audio
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available on Spotify, Apple, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud
produced by Melika Dave
Official audio
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available on Spotify, Apple, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud
Sherry Lane
Pen and ink and Watercolor
11x14
August 15, 2020
From wedding photos.
I drew a caricature for his proposal in Times Square.I was invited to draw at their wedding.
This one is a gift for their 5th Anniversary.
Pen and ink and Watercolor
11x14
August 15, 2020
From wedding photos.
I drew a caricature for his proposal in Times Square.I was invited to draw at their wedding.
This one is a gift for their 5th Anniversary.
Robert Bunkin
"Bather"
This work was inspired by Rembrandt's "Woman Wading in a River" in the National Gallery, London. One of my all-time favorite paintings by Rembrandt!
Acrylic on canvas
August 2020
"Bather"
This work was inspired by Rembrandt's "Woman Wading in a River" in the National Gallery, London. One of my all-time favorite paintings by Rembrandt!
Acrylic on canvas
August 2020
Alison Armstrong
New Book published June 2020
The Pen-Ultimate Word: Re-Views & Inter-Views on Literature,
Architecture, & Art. (published June 29, 2020) Paperback
Find it on Amazon!
New Book published June 2020
The Pen-Ultimate Word: Re-Views & Inter-Views on Literature,
Architecture, & Art. (published June 29, 2020) Paperback
Find it on Amazon!
Robert Bunkin
"Self Portrait During the Covid Epidemic"
acrylic on canvas
14 x10 inches
June 2020
"Self Portrait During the Covid Epidemic"
acrylic on canvas
14 x10 inches
June 2020
Robert Bunkin
"Lamentation"
This painting is part of a large series of works based on historic sculptures. This one is based on a Pieta by an unknown Dutch sculptor from ca. 1400 in the Cloisters Museum, NYC.
acrylic on canvas
38 x30 inches
July 2020
"Lamentation"
This painting is part of a large series of works based on historic sculptures. This one is based on a Pieta by an unknown Dutch sculptor from ca. 1400 in the Cloisters Museum, NYC.
acrylic on canvas
38 x30 inches
July 2020
Mark Feldman
"Elizabeth St Garden"
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"Elizabeth St Garden"
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Mark Feldman
"Summer Dip"
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"Summer Dip"
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Mark Feldman
"Flashlight"
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"Flashlight"
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Ralph Lee
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 1
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 1
Ralph Lee
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display view 2
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display view 2
Ralph Lee
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 3
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 3
Terry Pruinton
"The Sun Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
"The Sun Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
Terry Pruinton
"The Shade Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
"The Shade Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
Terry Pruinton
The Glade
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
The Glade
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Cover
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Cover
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 05
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 05
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martel
May 2020
UNDER SIEGE
A personal graphic account of the pandemic.
Page 06
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
UNDER SIEGE
A personal graphic account of the pandemic.
Page 06
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 10
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 10
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
{age 13
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
{age 13
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martell
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic, 21 pages
Page 19
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic, 21 pages
Page 19
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper
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Gardeners of Westbeth
Veronica Ryan
Bethune St Box #9
Veronica Ryan
Bethune St Box #9
Gardeners of Westbeth
Susan Binet
Bethune St Box #8
Susan Binet
Bethune St Box #8
Gardeners of Westbeth
Anonymous
Bethune St Box #7
Anonymous
Bethune St Box #7
Gardeners of Westbeth
Denise Hurd
Bethune St Box #6
Denise Hurd
Bethune St Box #6
Gardeners of Westbeth
Jennifer Cooke
Bethune St Box #1
Jennifer Cooke
Bethune St Box #1
Gardeners of Westbeth
Kate Walter
Bank St box
Kate Walter
Bank St box
Gardeners of Westbeth
Terry Pruinton
Bank St Courtyard center garden
Terry Pruinton
Bank St Courtyard center garden
Gardeners of Westbeth
Kate Walter
Bethune St Box #5
Kate Walter
Bethune St Box #5
Gardeners of Westbeth
Nancy Matthews
Bethune St Box #3
Nancy Matthews
Bethune St Box #3
Gardeners of Westbeth
Anne Brody
Bethune St Box #1
Anne Brody
Bethune St Box #1
Gardeners of Westbeth
Vicky Metcalf
Bethune St Box #4
Vicky Metcalf
Bethune St Box #4
Gardeners of Westbeth
Blanka Harper
Courtyard side garden
Blanka Harper
Courtyard side garden
Mark Feldman
"Even though there will not be a parade, LGBTQ+ Pride is still something to celebrate."
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"Even though there will not be a parade, LGBTQ+ Pride is still something to celebrate."
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Griselda Steiner writer
Poem: Blood Sacrifice
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Poem: Blood Sacrifice
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Mourrice Papi multi media
Westbeth logo transformed for Gay Pride Month
June 2020
Westbeth logo transformed for Gay Pride Month
June 2020
Faten Gaddes photographer
Postcards From Home series
"For Dolly"
paper flowers, birds in Westbeth hallway
Postcards From Home series
"For Dolly"
paper flowers, birds in Westbeth hallway
Avri Ohana
"This is part of a new series I am starting titled," Within and In Between.” and for me it reflects the sense of anonymous particles in the air that exist inside and out there.
This paining is no.1 of this series."
size: 64x64
medium: oil on canvas
May 2020
"This is part of a new series I am starting titled," Within and In Between.” and for me it reflects the sense of anonymous particles in the air that exist inside and out there.
This paining is no.1 of this series."
size: 64x64
medium: oil on canvas
May 2020
Ann Hamilton mixed media
"My first watercolor in a long time, this is a scene from County Cork where I spent the first five years of my life."
"My first watercolor in a long time, this is a scene from County Cork where I spent the first five years of my life."
Robert Bunkin
"Shut-In Series #10"
This is the last of this series of small, 8 x 8 inches, portraits of my wife Jenny Tango. At 93, soon to turn 94, she continues to paint and also pursue social justice issues via the internet. Throughout her life as an artist, art educator and mother of two daughters, she has maintained a deep commitment to social justice, as an activist in the civil rights movement, anti-nuclear movement, world peace, tenants rights, economic justice, feminism, etc.
I painted this in troubling, but hopeful times. This painting follows a much more up-beat portrait that shows Jenny smiling, but while she was posing for this one, her face reflected the news of yet another brutal murder of an innocent black man, and the rudderless, utterly immoral leadership of our current president and his entire corrupt administration."
June 2020
"Shut-In Series #10"
This is the last of this series of small, 8 x 8 inches, portraits of my wife Jenny Tango. At 93, soon to turn 94, she continues to paint and also pursue social justice issues via the internet. Throughout her life as an artist, art educator and mother of two daughters, she has maintained a deep commitment to social justice, as an activist in the civil rights movement, anti-nuclear movement, world peace, tenants rights, economic justice, feminism, etc.
I painted this in troubling, but hopeful times. This painting follows a much more up-beat portrait that shows Jenny smiling, but while she was posing for this one, her face reflected the news of yet another brutal murder of an innocent black man, and the rudderless, utterly immoral leadership of our current president and his entire corrupt administration."
June 2020
Tamara Wyndham
"Personal Protective Equipment for all Essential Workers"
Acrylic on round canvas, Contact hand print 16 inches diameter
Then scanned into the computer to add text to make a sticker.
"Personal Protective Equipment for all Essential Workers"
Acrylic on round canvas, Contact hand print 16 inches diameter
Then scanned into the computer to add text to make a sticker.
Stephen Hall painter
Toothpaste Cannot Go Back into the Tube
80" x 50"
Animation Video and Sound Track by Jerry Quarterly
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Toothpaste Cannot Go Back into the Tube
80" x 50"
Animation Video and Sound Track by Jerry Quarterly
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Jonathan Bauch sculptor
"My latest piece called Paddling— I spent many happy hours paddling on the northern waters of Lake George in upstate N.Y., Moosehead Lake in Maine amongst others."
Front
Metal 17 x 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
"My latest piece called Paddling— I spent many happy hours paddling on the northern waters of Lake George in upstate N.Y., Moosehead Lake in Maine amongst others."
Front
Metal 17 x 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
Jonathan Bauch, sculptor
" I remembered the joy I felt, especially in summer, when paddling in the twilight."
Back
Metal 17, 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
" I remembered the joy I felt, especially in summer, when paddling in the twilight."
Back
Metal 17, 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
Faten Gaddes.
"Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 1"
May 2020
"Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 1"
May 2020
Faten Gaddes
Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 2
May 2020
Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 2
May 2020
Robert Bunkin painter
"Finishing this small painting yesterday, we were listening to performances of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, sublime music, performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, an extraordinary classic recording, and the majestic Jessye Norman.
It wasn't easy for Jenny to hold this smile, but she allowed me to understand the way the smile affects the lineaments of her face."
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
2020
"Finishing this small painting yesterday, we were listening to performances of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, sublime music, performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, an extraordinary classic recording, and the majestic Jessye Norman.
It wasn't easy for Jenny to hold this smile, but she allowed me to understand the way the smile affects the lineaments of her face."
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
2020
Ann Hamilton mixed media
Brigid Carey. fine arts student
Completion of the 420 medical gowns we volunteered to cut and sew for the Broadway Relief Project formed to provide support for health workers during the Covid 19 crisis,
Completed May 2020
Brigid Carey. fine arts student
Completion of the 420 medical gowns we volunteered to cut and sew for the Broadway Relief Project formed to provide support for health workers during the Covid 19 crisis,
Completed May 2020
Karin Batten, painter
Unlock My Mind During Covid 19
May 2020
Unlock My Mind During Covid 19
May 2020
Karin Batten, painter
A Chocolate Delight During Covid 19
May 2020
A Chocolate Delight During Covid 19
May 2020
Elisabeth Condon, painter
"The scroll was begun at MacDowell Colony last Fall."
The scroll is one piece 55 x 252 inches
Section 1
September 2019 - May 2020
"The scroll was begun at MacDowell Colony last Fall."
The scroll is one piece 55 x 252 inches
Section 1
September 2019 - May 2020
Elisabeth Condon, painter
"The autumn palette is surrounded by a lattice slipping out of register creating slivers in the landscape."
Section 2
September 2019 - May 2020
"The autumn palette is surrounded by a lattice slipping out of register creating slivers in the landscape."
Section 2
September 2019 - May 2020
Elisabeth Condon, painter
"I love working big, getting lost in the painting."
Section 3
September 2019 -May 2020
"I love working big, getting lost in the painting."
Section 3
September 2019 -May 2020
Roger Braimon, mixed media
Provincetown at Oliver Ragusa Stearns
watercolor
12" x 16"
May 24, 2020
Provincetown at Oliver Ragusa Stearns
watercolor
12" x 16"
May 24, 2020
Diane Jensen, painter
"During the quarantine this idea for an installation came to me. World Traveler/Shelter at Home. Vernacular photography inspires my art making. A few years ago a friend gave me 27 boxes of slides found in an Asbury Park thrift store.
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
"During the quarantine this idea for an installation came to me. World Traveler/Shelter at Home. Vernacular photography inspires my art making. A few years ago a friend gave me 27 boxes of slides found in an Asbury Park thrift store.
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
Diane Jensen painter
"These images documented one person's World Travels. I felt this was the time to immerse myself - painting images of far flung adventures as I shelter at home."
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
"These images documented one person's World Travels. I felt this was the time to immerse myself - painting images of far flung adventures as I shelter at home."
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
Olive Ayhens, painter.
"These are from out my new window here at West Beth. It has been a good way to settle in as it's been two & a half months."
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
"These are from out my new window here at West Beth. It has been a good way to settle in as it's been two & a half months."
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
Olive Ayhens, painter
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
Olive Ayhens, painter
Untitled watercolor
May 2020
Untitled watercolor
May 2020
Parviz Mohassel, painter.
"Automatisim, Automatic paintings on canvas with Cadmium Red, Mars Black, Cadmium White and Black spay paint...world of abstraction breaking loose from concepts."
Paintings done on 11 May 2020
"Automatisim, Automatic paintings on canvas with Cadmium Red, Mars Black, Cadmium White and Black spay paint...world of abstraction breaking loose from concepts."
Paintings done on 11 May 2020
Blanka Harper ,musician.
Afternoon of a Blue Faun. "I volunteer as a gardener in the small circle area under the trees in Westbeth's Bank Street courtyard. I planted this iris about 4 years ago, and it has naturalized. Year after year it blooms. This year, the crisis, has made this bloom even more special to me. It has lifted my spirits as I hope it has lifted the spirits." of others who see it."
Photo May 17, 2020
Afternoon of a Blue Faun. "I volunteer as a gardener in the small circle area under the trees in Westbeth's Bank Street courtyard. I planted this iris about 4 years ago, and it has naturalized. Year after year it blooms. This year, the crisis, has made this bloom even more special to me. It has lifted my spirits as I hope it has lifted the spirits." of others who see it."
Photo May 17, 2020
Faten Gaddes photographer.
"It Is Raining Inside " Part of the continuing series - Postcards from Home.
Photo: May 2020
"It Is Raining Inside " Part of the continuing series - Postcards from Home.
Photo: May 2020
Jonathan Bauch "Steel House"
Work in progress.
"Steel House is an abstraction of a fantasy— a residential luxury apartment tower. Created to draw attention to the housing crises in affordable housing in big cities like New York. It is part of a series that I started in 2019, but the show was postponed to January 2021. The concept won a grant from LMCC."
Front view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Work in progress.
"Steel House is an abstraction of a fantasy— a residential luxury apartment tower. Created to draw attention to the housing crises in affordable housing in big cities like New York. It is part of a series that I started in 2019, but the show was postponed to January 2021. The concept won a grant from LMCC."
Front view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Jonathan Bauch "Steel House"
Work in progress.
Back view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Work in progress.
Back view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Jonathan Bauch "Steel House Work in progress
3/4 view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
3/4 view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Robert Bunkin "The Shut In Series - Painting 1"
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Robert Bunkin "The Shut In Series - Painting 7"
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Robert Bunkin "The Shut In Series -
Painting 6" A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Painting 6" A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Carolyn Virgil. "Studio Space 2020".
"This is the 3rd and final painting of the series. Not sure what I will paint next. I may do the Hudson River based on sketches I did some time ago. "
"This is the 3rd and final painting of the series. Not sure what I will paint next. I may do the Hudson River based on sketches I did some time ago. "
Elisabeth Condon painter
Work in Progress Quarantine. "Right now, I am working on a scroll combining wallpaper elements, pours of paint, and a lattice pattern, creating a topgography of visual information."
Work in Progress Quarantine. "Right now, I am working on a scroll combining wallpaper elements, pours of paint, and a lattice pattern, creating a topgography of visual information."
Robert Bunkin, painter
"Painted from life, Jenny has been posing for about 2-2 1/2 hours with breaks almost every day since our confinement began. Usually we work with music, Shostakovich Chamber music, Bach; today we listened to an historic recording of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with Arthur Schnabel, a CD I got at the Westbeth Flea Market! "
10 x 10 inch acrylic on canvas, painted on 3 May 2020.
"Painted from life, Jenny has been posing for about 2-2 1/2 hours with breaks almost every day since our confinement began. Usually we work with music, Shostakovich Chamber music, Bach; today we listened to an historic recording of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with Arthur Schnabel, a CD I got at the Westbeth Flea Market! "
10 x 10 inch acrylic on canvas, painted on 3 May 2020.
David Plakke photographer.
"I've been photographing non-stop." To see more of David's work, visit his website: Tribesnyc.com
To read an excerpt from his work in progress Charting My Lifetime by Girlfriends, Loves and Misses, scroll down past the images.
"I've been photographing non-stop." To see more of David's work, visit his website: Tribesnyc.com
To read an excerpt from his work in progress Charting My Lifetime by Girlfriends, Loves and Misses, scroll down past the images.
Christina Maile printmaker
"Trying to spend at least an hour a day on drawing - for the past 6 weeks I've been concentrating on birds from photographs, and their structure from books. There's so much to think about - the vulnerability of ourselves especially of the health care workers and those who volunteer to help, but also the fragility of the earth and its environment . For me, birds represent an example of elegance and strength to weather this storm."
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"Trying to spend at least an hour a day on drawing - for the past 6 weeks I've been concentrating on birds from photographs, and their structure from books. There's so much to think about - the vulnerability of ourselves especially of the health care workers and those who volunteer to help, but also the fragility of the earth and its environment . For me, birds represent an example of elegance and strength to weather this storm."
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Nancy Gabor, actor, director, teacher.
Nancy wrote this very short play, MISSING, as part of Westbeth's Stories Around the Table. Scroll down to below images and click on Nancy's file to read the play.
Nancy wrote this very short play, MISSING, as part of Westbeth's Stories Around the Table. Scroll down to below images and click on Nancy's file to read the play.
Charles Seplowin, sculptor
"My pieces are mandalas symbolizing the experiences and observations I have encountered in my life. This sculpture is a mandala about global warming. I use the icons pertaining to global warming in the media and in history as templates for shapes I can then assemble." Styrofoam sculpture in progress, to be painted.
"My pieces are mandalas symbolizing the experiences and observations I have encountered in my life. This sculpture is a mandala about global warming. I use the icons pertaining to global warming in the media and in history as templates for shapes I can then assemble." Styrofoam sculpture in progress, to be painted.
Carolyn Virgil, painter.
" I just finished this second painting of my studio. While I worked on it I was thinking about how this represents all I can see at this moment while being isolated. So I am both creating and confined. "
" I just finished this second painting of my studio. While I worked on it I was thinking about how this represents all I can see at this moment while being isolated. So I am both creating and confined. "
Robert Bunkin, painter. Jenny by the Venetian Blinds.
"I have been painting Jenny, my wife and fellow artist of 47 years, all throughout our relationship. At 93 sitting still is not so easy for her, but at the outset of this crisis she offered to sit for me. I've also been painting the view from my window, but being primarily a figure painter from life, I cherish the opportunity this self-isolation has presented to focus entirely on her. I have been doing small-scale series of other friends/artists with whom I exchange posing, so serial portraiture was something I was already exploring." Completed 22 April 2020. 10 x 10 inches a/c
"I have been painting Jenny, my wife and fellow artist of 47 years, all throughout our relationship. At 93 sitting still is not so easy for her, but at the outset of this crisis she offered to sit for me. I've also been painting the view from my window, but being primarily a figure painter from life, I cherish the opportunity this self-isolation has presented to focus entirely on her. I have been doing small-scale series of other friends/artists with whom I exchange posing, so serial portraiture was something I was already exploring." Completed 22 April 2020. 10 x 10 inches a/c
Medical Gown, Ann Hamilton fine arts textile designer, and Bridget Carey fashion costumer.
"These are the emergency medical gowns , about 40 per week, we have been making as volunteer seamstresses for the Broadway Relief Project. The Project asks for volunteers to sew gowns and masks which are be provided free to health and public service workers." For more info: Email: brian.deutsch@openjarstudios.com"
"These are the emergency medical gowns , about 40 per week, we have been making as volunteer seamstresses for the Broadway Relief Project. The Project asks for volunteers to sew gowns and masks which are be provided free to health and public service workers." For more info: Email: brian.deutsch@openjarstudios.com"
Gayle Kirschenbaum, photographer, filmmaker.
"Grateful for many things including living in Westbeth. Went out onto our roof to get some fresh air and enjoyed
the sunset."
"Grateful for many things including living in Westbeth. Went out onto our roof to get some fresh air and enjoyed
the sunset."
Ellen Alexander Conley is a NY Times reviewed author of 5 novels and I non-fiction book. Scroll down past the images, and read her in-progress work, "Angels on the Third Floor Door."
Olive Ayhens, painter.
"A completed watercolor study for a commissioned painting of a view from the El Dorado."
"A completed watercolor study for a commissioned painting of a view from the El Dorado."
Carolyn Virgil, painter. "Painting of my Studio During Coronavirus".
Being an artist during this isolation is helpful, being able to create. I finished the painting today (I think) Acrylic on canvas board. April 15 2020
Being an artist during this isolation is helpful, being able to create. I finished the painting today (I think) Acrylic on canvas board. April 15 2020
Robert Bunkin, painter.
" I just finished this small painting today, part of a "Shut-In" Series.
The portrait is of my wife, painter Jenny Tango. " April 18, 2020
10 x 10 inches, acrylic on canvas.
" I just finished this small painting today, part of a "Shut-In" Series.
The portrait is of my wife, painter Jenny Tango. " April 18, 2020
10 x 10 inches, acrylic on canvas.
Elisa Decker, painter.
"After some time had passed from bringing home a free poinsettia I had found on the street, I noticed that the leaves curled beautifully after they fell off the plant. I also enjoyed their subtle variations in color. So I kept some, allowing them out to dry further on my table. Also on my table, was the card of Saloua Raouda Choucair's painting, from the show "Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s-1980s. So I began to play. I keep adding to the arrangement, so it's an ongoing puzzle. Perhaps it will turn into a drawing next..."
"After some time had passed from bringing home a free poinsettia I had found on the street, I noticed that the leaves curled beautifully after they fell off the plant. I also enjoyed their subtle variations in color. So I kept some, allowing them out to dry further on my table. Also on my table, was the card of Saloua Raouda Choucair's painting, from the show "Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s-1980s. So I began to play. I keep adding to the arrangement, so it's an ongoing puzzle. Perhaps it will turn into a drawing next..."
Sherry Lane, painter.
This painted child’s chair ws to be auctioned at fundraiser for the Jericho Arts Council and Canoe Regatta. Now postponed. Back and arms are in the shape of canoe paddles.
This painted child’s chair ws to be auctioned at fundraiser for the Jericho Arts Council and Canoe Regatta. Now postponed. Back and arms are in the shape of canoe paddles.
Beverly Brodsky "Being Form" These are internal and external elements in nature. I normally work large scale but these smaller works on wood panels, I started during our crisis(the corona virus). These panels have consumed me. I won't stop until I reach 100 panels.
Elena Borstein painter.
Part of a series called Resist, began as an Homage to Mexican architect Luis Barragan. As our border policies became more and more inhumane I shifted this series to encompass the meaning of what was happening to immigrants on our southern border. The paintings have taken on a more complex , even contradictory meaning now. I feel that artists can no longer simply portray beauty without acknowledging the cruelty and inhumanity of our government.
Part of a series called Resist, began as an Homage to Mexican architect Luis Barragan. As our border policies became more and more inhumane I shifted this series to encompass the meaning of what was happening to immigrants on our southern border. The paintings have taken on a more complex , even contradictory meaning now. I feel that artists can no longer simply portray beauty without acknowledging the cruelty and inhumanity of our government.
Mindy Belloff, printmaker.
"A Glimmer of Hope". photo taken at Abingdon Sq Park, NYC on April 12, 2020
"A Glimmer of Hope". photo taken at Abingdon Sq Park, NYC on April 12, 2020
Vinod Dave, painter, and his daughter Melika Dave, painter and musician, working on their first piece together inside their apartment. April 2020. (Click on image to play video)
Masks made by Susan Binet Westbeth Corp, Boardmember, Free handmade masks distributed to tenants, sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Commiittee
Masks made by by Jan Leslie Harding, actor and sculptor. White mask to color in your own design. Free handmade masks distributed to tenants, sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Committee
Phantom of the Opera masks made by Ann Hamilton, textile fine arts designer. Free handmade masks distributed to tenants sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Committee
Joan Hall, collagist, Girl with the Purell Earring
Fanten Gaddes, photographer, Solitude. April 2, 2020
Stephen Hall, painter, working on the largest canvas of his career March 20, 2020
Judy Lawne, photographer, Heroes, photos of Westbeth maintenance staff, compiled April 2020
Ann Hamilton, fine arts textile designer, dress made of recycled New Yorker totes April 2020
Ann Hamilton
"Tulips"
The Tulips was the first piece I worked on using a layer, paint and stitch approach and also using freehand machine embroidery. I also used acrylic paint on textile art for the first time.
9 x 15 inches
"Tulips"
The Tulips was the first piece I worked on using a layer, paint and stitch approach and also using freehand machine embroidery. I also used acrylic paint on textile art for the first time.
9 x 15 inches
Ann Hamilton
"Self Portrait"
This piece uses the same techniques - layering fabrics, machine stitching and acrylic paint.
I am focusing on learning new techniques, a new approach and working with acrylic paint which I find really enjoyable, basically lightening up on my way of working.
14 x 15 inches
"Self Portrait"
This piece uses the same techniques - layering fabrics, machine stitching and acrylic paint.
I am focusing on learning new techniques, a new approach and working with acrylic paint which I find really enjoyable, basically lightening up on my way of working.
14 x 15 inches
Lucille Rhodes
"Fusions"
I started studying Photoshop at the beginning of the epidemic... Here is a subway photo sandwiched with a sunset in Appalachia.
"Fusions"
I started studying Photoshop at the beginning of the epidemic... Here is a subway photo sandwiched with a sunset in Appalachia.
Lucille Rhodes
"Need Coats No Legs"
...and have been experimenting with my cellphone archive going back ten years. Here is a subway photo sandwiched with an iceberg in southern Patagonia.
"Need Coats No Legs"
...and have been experimenting with my cellphone archive going back ten years. Here is a subway photo sandwiched with an iceberg in southern Patagonia.
Lucille Rhodes
"Subway Smile"
This is my subway photo sandwiched with bougainvillea from Mexico,
"Subway Smile"
This is my subway photo sandwiched with bougainvillea from Mexico,
Stephen Hall
"Looming Loss"
"The thing is I feel the entire planet is precariously in crisis. Now is the time to be specific, not open to interpretation. This painting is about climate change and mass extinctions. Confronting tragedy with screaming beauty."
Acrylic on canvas 72 x 48 inches
"Looming Loss"
"The thing is I feel the entire planet is precariously in crisis. Now is the time to be specific, not open to interpretation. This painting is about climate change and mass extinctions. Confronting tragedy with screaming beauty."
Acrylic on canvas 72 x 48 inches
Olive Ayhens
"Yellow Brick"
Inspired by outside my window at Westbeth.
22 x 31 inches watercolor
"Yellow Brick"
Inspired by outside my window at Westbeth.
22 x 31 inches watercolor
Olive Ayhens
"The Waves Are Coming"
Reflections ...nature taking over. Done in my studio at Dumbo.
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
"The Waves Are Coming"
Reflections ...nature taking over. Done in my studio at Dumbo.
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
Olive Ayhens
"The Waves Are Coming" (detail)
Working with the boundaries and the blurring of inside outside...
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
"The Waves Are Coming" (detail)
Working with the boundaries and the blurring of inside outside...
Oil on linen 39 x 52 inches
Barbara Slitkin
"From a Horse's Mouth"
I was preparing for a show and consulting with Lucienne Weinberg. She noticed something that wasn't immediately apparent to me. She saw tongues in my paintings. Clearly that was so.
Ceramic 5 " x 5"
"From a Horse's Mouth"
I was preparing for a show and consulting with Lucienne Weinberg. She noticed something that wasn't immediately apparent to me. She saw tongues in my paintings. Clearly that was so.
Ceramic 5 " x 5"
Barbara Slitkin
"New Normal?"
Once aware, I realized there was a pattern in my work of using tongues and mouths. That's how it became a theme of mine intentionally.
Ceramic 5.5" x 4"
"New Normal?"
Once aware, I realized there was a pattern in my work of using tongues and mouths. That's how it became a theme of mine intentionally.
Ceramic 5.5" x 4"
Barbara Slitkin
"Keep a Civil Mouth"
I embraced the humor of creating works that whimsically recalled idioms, and such. Ironic how this theme is now ongoing in a time when we are not exposing our mouths in public anymore.
Ceramic 6" H x 9"W x 5'D
"Keep a Civil Mouth"
I embraced the humor of creating works that whimsically recalled idioms, and such. Ironic how this theme is now ongoing in a time when we are not exposing our mouths in public anymore.
Ceramic 6" H x 9"W x 5'D
Christina Maile
"Blood Shoe"
Completed in September. The things we imagine are not innocent. I was recently accepted into the online artist database of the White Columns Gallery, NYC based on a number of works including this one.
Watercolor 20 x 16 inches 2020
"Blood Shoe"
Completed in September. The things we imagine are not innocent. I was recently accepted into the online artist database of the White Columns Gallery, NYC based on a number of works including this one.
Watercolor 20 x 16 inches 2020
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place- Salammbô"
Postcards from Home series
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". A novel about a high priestess of Carthage (present-day Tunesia) caught in the machinations of a war with Rome during the 3rd century.
"Shelter in Place- Salammbô"
Postcards from Home series
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". A novel about a high priestess of Carthage (present-day Tunesia) caught in the machinations of a war with Rome during the 3rd century.
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place - Salammbô
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". Photo taken on Westbeth roof.
Stylists: Hiromitsu Morimoto, Jan Harding.
"Shelter in Place - Salammbô
Inspired by Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô". Photo taken on Westbeth roof.
Stylists: Hiromitsu Morimoto, Jan Harding.
Joan Roberts Garcia
"Turn in the Road"
This piece took a turn during Covid, as I focused on one area, then the other. It took on an air of uncertainty. Painted from many photos of a country road in Pennsylvania, after a late summer rain. A driveway, at a crook in the road. shining brightly out of the woods. caught my attention- drew me in.
Mixed Media 60 x 48 inches
"Turn in the Road"
This piece took a turn during Covid, as I focused on one area, then the other. It took on an air of uncertainty. Painted from many photos of a country road in Pennsylvania, after a late summer rain. A driveway, at a crook in the road. shining brightly out of the woods. caught my attention- drew me in.
Mixed Media 60 x 48 inches
Ann Hamilton
"Reflection and Healing"
Nov 2020
watercolor 9 x 12 inches
"Reflection and Healing"
Nov 2020
watercolor 9 x 12 inches
Susan Berger
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1" continued
The third row again of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic and how areas especially the "Village" witnessed it.
The fourth row of those lives that were lost because of Covid19.
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. There will be 13 panels. 2020
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1" continued
The third row again of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic and how areas especially the "Village" witnessed it.
The fourth row of those lives that were lost because of Covid19.
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. There will be 13 panels. 2020
Susan Berger
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1"
The first row (and top piece): people who died during the Covid 19.
The second row of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. 2020. There will be 13 panels.
"Covid 19 Series: Part 1"
The first row (and top piece): people who died during the Covid 19.
The second row of the toll of the Covid 19 pandemic
I use weave stitching, rug hooking, drawings, and wanted to capture the newsprint feeling to actual use of newsprint itself.
66 x 48 x 3-4 inches. 2020. There will be 13 panels.
Olive Ayhens
"The Waves Are Coming"
Oil on linen, 39 x 51 inches
work in progress
"The Waves Are Coming"
Oil on linen, 39 x 51 inches
work in progress
Karin Batten
"Mask"
Inspired by having to wear a mask because of Covid-19.
Oilstick, acrylic 12 x 8.5 inches
"Mask"
Inspired by having to wear a mask because of Covid-19.
Oilstick, acrylic 12 x 8.5 inches
Karin Batten
"Equality"
This is based on the BLM movement.
Acrylic, collage, magma, oil pastel 40 x 27 inches Oct 2020
"Equality"
This is based on the BLM movement.
Acrylic, collage, magma, oil pastel 40 x 27 inches Oct 2020
Ann Hamilton
"Lighthouse"
A lighthouse set at the end of a small village somewhere in Donegal done by part imagination, part memory. I painted it during the pandemic out of a sense of longing to be there and a feeling of isolation.
watercolor Oct 2020
"Lighthouse"
A lighthouse set at the end of a small village somewhere in Donegal done by part imagination, part memory. I painted it during the pandemic out of a sense of longing to be there and a feeling of isolation.
watercolor Oct 2020
Christina Maile
"The Owl and the Train"
Covid 19 dreams upon return to NYC
watercolor 20 x 30 inches
September 2020
"The Owl and the Train"
Covid 19 dreams upon return to NYC
watercolor 20 x 30 inches
September 2020
Ralph Lee
Vote Installation at Westbeth Inner Courtyard Guard Window
(which one is Ralph Lee?)
photo Christina Maile
Vote Installation at Westbeth Inner Courtyard Guard Window
(which one is Ralph Lee?)
photo Christina Maile
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place
Postcards from Home"
"Shelter in Place
Postcards from Home"
Dana Jensen
"Fez, Morocco"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
"Fez, Morocco"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Diana Jensen
"Installation of Work"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
"Installation of Work"
From my World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Diana Jensen
Port au Prince, Trinidad
From omy World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Port au Prince, Trinidad
From omy World Traveler / Shelter at Home installation referencing a vintage travel slide collection.
Aug 2020
Faten Gaddes
"Shelter in Place Project
Postcards from Home"
I want to thank the incredible stylists of the Westbeth Beautification Committee who helped collect and arrange materials from the Flea Market: Halina Warren and Jan Harding.
"Shelter in Place Project
Postcards from Home"
I want to thank the incredible stylists of the Westbeth Beautification Committee who helped collect and arrange materials from the Flea Market: Halina Warren and Jan Harding.
Joan Hall
"I'm so excited to have BEHIND MY MIND: RHYMES AND COLLAGES, just published and now available on Amazon Books. For a long time I’ve been wanting to combine my poetry with my art. This book is illustrated with surrealistic color collages to accompany my thoughts and feelings in rhyme."
Available at Amazon Books
"I'm so excited to have BEHIND MY MIND: RHYMES AND COLLAGES, just published and now available on Amazon Books. For a long time I’ve been wanting to combine my poetry with my art. This book is illustrated with surrealistic color collages to accompany my thoughts and feelings in rhyme."
Available at Amazon Books
Christina Maile
"Fruitful"
Pandemic interaction of humans animals and plants.
Watercolor 9 x 13 inches
August 2020
"Fruitful"
Pandemic interaction of humans animals and plants.
Watercolor 9 x 13 inches
August 2020
Parviz Mohassel
New printmaking series
Maine
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August 2020
New printmaking series
Maine
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August 2020
Madlovely and Rolex Rasthasy
produced by Melika Dave
Official audio
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available on Spotify, Apple, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud
produced by Melika Dave
Official audio
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available on Spotify, Apple, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud
Sherry Lane
Pen and ink and Watercolor
11x14
August 15, 2020
From wedding photos.
I drew a caricature for his proposal in Times Square.I was invited to draw at their wedding.
This one is a gift for their 5th Anniversary.
Pen and ink and Watercolor
11x14
August 15, 2020
From wedding photos.
I drew a caricature for his proposal in Times Square.I was invited to draw at their wedding.
This one is a gift for their 5th Anniversary.
Robert Bunkin
"Bather"
This work was inspired by Rembrandt's "Woman Wading in a River" in the National Gallery, London. One of my all-time favorite paintings by Rembrandt!
Acrylic on canvas
August 2020
"Bather"
This work was inspired by Rembrandt's "Woman Wading in a River" in the National Gallery, London. One of my all-time favorite paintings by Rembrandt!
Acrylic on canvas
August 2020
Alison Armstrong
New Book published June 2020
The Pen-Ultimate Word: Re-Views & Inter-Views on Literature,
Architecture, & Art. (published June 29, 2020) Paperback
Find it on Amazon!
New Book published June 2020
The Pen-Ultimate Word: Re-Views & Inter-Views on Literature,
Architecture, & Art. (published June 29, 2020) Paperback
Find it on Amazon!
Robert Bunkin
"Self Portrait During the Covid Epidemic"
acrylic on canvas
14 x10 inches
June 2020
"Self Portrait During the Covid Epidemic"
acrylic on canvas
14 x10 inches
June 2020
Robert Bunkin
"Lamentation"
This painting is part of a large series of works based on historic sculptures. This one is based on a Pieta by an unknown Dutch sculptor from ca. 1400 in the Cloisters Museum, NYC.
acrylic on canvas
38 x30 inches
July 2020
"Lamentation"
This painting is part of a large series of works based on historic sculptures. This one is based on a Pieta by an unknown Dutch sculptor from ca. 1400 in the Cloisters Museum, NYC.
acrylic on canvas
38 x30 inches
July 2020
Mark Feldman
"Elizabeth St Garden"
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"Elizabeth St Garden"
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Mark Feldman
"Summer Dip"
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"Summer Dip"
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Mark Feldman
"Flashlight"
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"Flashlight"
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Ralph Lee
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 1
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 1
Ralph Lee
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display view 2
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display view 2
Ralph Lee
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 3
puppeteer and founder of NYC Halloween Parade
Westbeth Inner Courtyard Reopening
Window Display View 3
Terry Pruinton
"The Sun Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
"The Sun Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
Terry Pruinton
"The Shade Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
"The Shade Garden"
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
Terry Pruinton
The Glade
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
The Glade
Westbeth Bank St Courtyard Garden
July 2020
Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Cover
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Cover
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
Click to enlarge
Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 05
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 05
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martel
May 2020
UNDER SIEGE
A personal graphic account of the pandemic.
Page 06
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
UNDER SIEGE
A personal graphic account of the pandemic.
Page 06
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 10
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
Page 10
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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Huguette Martel
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
{age 13
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic
{age 13
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper, 21 pages
Click to enlarge
Huguette Martell
May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic, 21 pages
Page 19
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper
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May 2020
"Under Siege"
A personal graphic account of the pandemic, 21 pages
Page 19
7 x 11 inches watercolor on paper
Click to enlarge
Gardeners of Westbeth
Veronica Ryan
Bethune St Box #9
Veronica Ryan
Bethune St Box #9
Gardeners of Westbeth
Susan Binet
Bethune St Box #8
Susan Binet
Bethune St Box #8
Gardeners of Westbeth
Anonymous
Bethune St Box #7
Anonymous
Bethune St Box #7
Gardeners of Westbeth
Denise Hurd
Bethune St Box #6
Denise Hurd
Bethune St Box #6
Gardeners of Westbeth
Jennifer Cooke
Bethune St Box #1
Jennifer Cooke
Bethune St Box #1
Gardeners of Westbeth
Kate Walter
Bank St box
Kate Walter
Bank St box
Gardeners of Westbeth
Terry Pruinton
Bank St Courtyard center garden
Terry Pruinton
Bank St Courtyard center garden
Gardeners of Westbeth
Kate Walter
Bethune St Box #5
Kate Walter
Bethune St Box #5
Gardeners of Westbeth
Nancy Matthews
Bethune St Box #3
Nancy Matthews
Bethune St Box #3
Gardeners of Westbeth
Anne Brody
Bethune St Box #1
Anne Brody
Bethune St Box #1
Gardeners of Westbeth
Vicky Metcalf
Bethune St Box #4
Vicky Metcalf
Bethune St Box #4
Gardeners of Westbeth
Blanka Harper
Courtyard side garden
Blanka Harper
Courtyard side garden
Mark Feldman
"Even though there will not be a parade, LGBTQ+ Pride is still something to celebrate."
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"Even though there will not be a parade, LGBTQ+ Pride is still something to celebrate."
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Griselda Steiner writer
Poem: Blood Sacrifice
Scroll down below images to read poem.
Poem: Blood Sacrifice
Scroll down below images to read poem.
Mourrice Papi multi media
Westbeth logo transformed for Gay Pride Month
June 2020
Westbeth logo transformed for Gay Pride Month
June 2020
Faten Gaddes photographer
Postcards From Home series
"For Dolly"
paper flowers, birds in Westbeth hallway
Postcards From Home series
"For Dolly"
paper flowers, birds in Westbeth hallway
Avri Ohana
"This is part of a new series I am starting titled," Within and In Between.” and for me it reflects the sense of anonymous particles in the air that exist inside and out there.
This paining is no.1 of this series."
size: 64x64
medium: oil on canvas
May 2020
"This is part of a new series I am starting titled," Within and In Between.” and for me it reflects the sense of anonymous particles in the air that exist inside and out there.
This paining is no.1 of this series."
size: 64x64
medium: oil on canvas
May 2020
Ann Hamilton mixed media
"My first watercolor in a long time, this is a scene from County Cork where I spent the first five years of my life."
"My first watercolor in a long time, this is a scene from County Cork where I spent the first five years of my life."
Robert Bunkin
"Shut-In Series #10"
This is the last of this series of small, 8 x 8 inches, portraits of my wife Jenny Tango. At 93, soon to turn 94, she continues to paint and also pursue social justice issues via the internet. Throughout her life as an artist, art educator and mother of two daughters, she has maintained a deep commitment to social justice, as an activist in the civil rights movement, anti-nuclear movement, world peace, tenants rights, economic justice, feminism, etc.
I painted this in troubling, but hopeful times. This painting follows a much more up-beat portrait that shows Jenny smiling, but while she was posing for this one, her face reflected the news of yet another brutal murder of an innocent black man, and the rudderless, utterly immoral leadership of our current president and his entire corrupt administration."
June 2020
"Shut-In Series #10"
This is the last of this series of small, 8 x 8 inches, portraits of my wife Jenny Tango. At 93, soon to turn 94, she continues to paint and also pursue social justice issues via the internet. Throughout her life as an artist, art educator and mother of two daughters, she has maintained a deep commitment to social justice, as an activist in the civil rights movement, anti-nuclear movement, world peace, tenants rights, economic justice, feminism, etc.
I painted this in troubling, but hopeful times. This painting follows a much more up-beat portrait that shows Jenny smiling, but while she was posing for this one, her face reflected the news of yet another brutal murder of an innocent black man, and the rudderless, utterly immoral leadership of our current president and his entire corrupt administration."
June 2020
Tamara Wyndham
"Personal Protective Equipment for all Essential Workers"
Acrylic on round canvas, Contact hand print 16 inches diameter
Then scanned into the computer to add text to make a sticker.
"Personal Protective Equipment for all Essential Workers"
Acrylic on round canvas, Contact hand print 16 inches diameter
Then scanned into the computer to add text to make a sticker.
Stephen Hall painter
Toothpaste Cannot Go Back into the Tube
80" x 50"
Animation Video and Sound Track by Jerry Quarterly
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Toothpaste Cannot Go Back into the Tube
80" x 50"
Animation Video and Sound Track by Jerry Quarterly
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Jonathan Bauch sculptor
"My latest piece called Paddling— I spent many happy hours paddling on the northern waters of Lake George in upstate N.Y., Moosehead Lake in Maine amongst others."
Front
Metal 17 x 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
"My latest piece called Paddling— I spent many happy hours paddling on the northern waters of Lake George in upstate N.Y., Moosehead Lake in Maine amongst others."
Front
Metal 17 x 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
Jonathan Bauch, sculptor
" I remembered the joy I felt, especially in summer, when paddling in the twilight."
Back
Metal 17, 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
" I remembered the joy I felt, especially in summer, when paddling in the twilight."
Back
Metal 17, 15.1 x 17.5 inches
2020
Faten Gaddes.
"Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 1"
May 2020
"Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 1"
May 2020
Faten Gaddes
Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 2
May 2020
Postcards from Home series
Pasta and Garlic 2
May 2020
Robert Bunkin painter
"Finishing this small painting yesterday, we were listening to performances of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, sublime music, performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, an extraordinary classic recording, and the majestic Jessye Norman.
It wasn't easy for Jenny to hold this smile, but she allowed me to understand the way the smile affects the lineaments of her face."
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
2020
"Finishing this small painting yesterday, we were listening to performances of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, sublime music, performed by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, an extraordinary classic recording, and the majestic Jessye Norman.
It wasn't easy for Jenny to hold this smile, but she allowed me to understand the way the smile affects the lineaments of her face."
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
2020
Ann Hamilton mixed media
Brigid Carey. fine arts student
Completion of the 420 medical gowns we volunteered to cut and sew for the Broadway Relief Project formed to provide support for health workers during the Covid 19 crisis,
Completed May 2020
Brigid Carey. fine arts student
Completion of the 420 medical gowns we volunteered to cut and sew for the Broadway Relief Project formed to provide support for health workers during the Covid 19 crisis,
Completed May 2020
Karin Batten, painter
Unlock My Mind During Covid 19
May 2020
Unlock My Mind During Covid 19
May 2020
Karin Batten, painter
A Chocolate Delight During Covid 19
May 2020
A Chocolate Delight During Covid 19
May 2020
Elisabeth Condon, painter
"The scroll was begun at MacDowell Colony last Fall."
The scroll is one piece 55 x 252 inches
Section 1
September 2019 - May 2020
"The scroll was begun at MacDowell Colony last Fall."
The scroll is one piece 55 x 252 inches
Section 1
September 2019 - May 2020
Elisabeth Condon, painter
"The autumn palette is surrounded by a lattice slipping out of register creating slivers in the landscape."
Section 2
September 2019 - May 2020
"The autumn palette is surrounded by a lattice slipping out of register creating slivers in the landscape."
Section 2
September 2019 - May 2020
Elisabeth Condon, painter
"I love working big, getting lost in the painting."
Section 3
September 2019 -May 2020
"I love working big, getting lost in the painting."
Section 3
September 2019 -May 2020
Roger Braimon, mixed media
Provincetown at Oliver Ragusa Stearns
watercolor
12" x 16"
May 24, 2020
Provincetown at Oliver Ragusa Stearns
watercolor
12" x 16"
May 24, 2020
Diane Jensen, painter
"During the quarantine this idea for an installation came to me. World Traveler/Shelter at Home. Vernacular photography inspires my art making. A few years ago a friend gave me 27 boxes of slides found in an Asbury Park thrift store.
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
"During the quarantine this idea for an installation came to me. World Traveler/Shelter at Home. Vernacular photography inspires my art making. A few years ago a friend gave me 27 boxes of slides found in an Asbury Park thrift store.
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
Diane Jensen painter
"These images documented one person's World Travels. I felt this was the time to immerse myself - painting images of far flung adventures as I shelter at home."
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
"These images documented one person's World Travels. I felt this was the time to immerse myself - painting images of far flung adventures as I shelter at home."
Untitled
Oil on Mylar
May 2020
Olive Ayhens, painter.
"These are from out my new window here at West Beth. It has been a good way to settle in as it's been two & a half months."
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
"These are from out my new window here at West Beth. It has been a good way to settle in as it's been two & a half months."
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
Olive Ayhens, painter
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
Untitled watercolour
May 2020
Olive Ayhens, painter
Untitled watercolor
May 2020
Untitled watercolor
May 2020
Parviz Mohassel, painter.
"Automatisim, Automatic paintings on canvas with Cadmium Red, Mars Black, Cadmium White and Black spay paint...world of abstraction breaking loose from concepts."
Paintings done on 11 May 2020
"Automatisim, Automatic paintings on canvas with Cadmium Red, Mars Black, Cadmium White and Black spay paint...world of abstraction breaking loose from concepts."
Paintings done on 11 May 2020
Blanka Harper ,musician.
Afternoon of a Blue Faun. "I volunteer as a gardener in the small circle area under the trees in Westbeth's Bank Street courtyard. I planted this iris about 4 years ago, and it has naturalized. Year after year it blooms. This year, the crisis, has made this bloom even more special to me. It has lifted my spirits as I hope it has lifted the spirits." of others who see it."
Photo May 17, 2020
Afternoon of a Blue Faun. "I volunteer as a gardener in the small circle area under the trees in Westbeth's Bank Street courtyard. I planted this iris about 4 years ago, and it has naturalized. Year after year it blooms. This year, the crisis, has made this bloom even more special to me. It has lifted my spirits as I hope it has lifted the spirits." of others who see it."
Photo May 17, 2020
Faten Gaddes photographer.
"It Is Raining Inside " Part of the continuing series - Postcards from Home.
Photo: May 2020
"It Is Raining Inside " Part of the continuing series - Postcards from Home.
Photo: May 2020
Jonathan Bauch "Steel House"
Work in progress.
"Steel House is an abstraction of a fantasy— a residential luxury apartment tower. Created to draw attention to the housing crises in affordable housing in big cities like New York. It is part of a series that I started in 2019, but the show was postponed to January 2021. The concept won a grant from LMCC."
Front view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Work in progress.
"Steel House is an abstraction of a fantasy— a residential luxury apartment tower. Created to draw attention to the housing crises in affordable housing in big cities like New York. It is part of a series that I started in 2019, but the show was postponed to January 2021. The concept won a grant from LMCC."
Front view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Jonathan Bauch "Steel House"
Work in progress.
Back view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Work in progress.
Back view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Jonathan Bauch "Steel House Work in progress
3/4 view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
3/4 view
Metal
6 x 24 x 38.5 inches
Robert Bunkin "The Shut In Series - Painting 1"
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Robert Bunkin "The Shut In Series - Painting 7"
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Robert Bunkin "The Shut In Series -
Painting 6" A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Painting 6" A series of 7 paintings of my wife, Jenny Tango.
March - May 2020
acrylic on canvas 10 x 10 inches
Carolyn Virgil. "Studio Space 2020".
"This is the 3rd and final painting of the series. Not sure what I will paint next. I may do the Hudson River based on sketches I did some time ago. "
"This is the 3rd and final painting of the series. Not sure what I will paint next. I may do the Hudson River based on sketches I did some time ago. "
Elisabeth Condon painter
Work in Progress Quarantine. "Right now, I am working on a scroll combining wallpaper elements, pours of paint, and a lattice pattern, creating a topgography of visual information."
Work in Progress Quarantine. "Right now, I am working on a scroll combining wallpaper elements, pours of paint, and a lattice pattern, creating a topgography of visual information."
Robert Bunkin, painter
"Painted from life, Jenny has been posing for about 2-2 1/2 hours with breaks almost every day since our confinement began. Usually we work with music, Shostakovich Chamber music, Bach; today we listened to an historic recording of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with Arthur Schnabel, a CD I got at the Westbeth Flea Market! "
10 x 10 inch acrylic on canvas, painted on 3 May 2020.
"Painted from life, Jenny has been posing for about 2-2 1/2 hours with breaks almost every day since our confinement began. Usually we work with music, Shostakovich Chamber music, Bach; today we listened to an historic recording of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with Arthur Schnabel, a CD I got at the Westbeth Flea Market! "
10 x 10 inch acrylic on canvas, painted on 3 May 2020.
David Plakke photographer.
"I've been photographing non-stop." To see more of David's work, visit his website: Tribesnyc.com
To read an excerpt from his work in progress Charting My Lifetime by Girlfriends, Loves and Misses, scroll down past the images.
"I've been photographing non-stop." To see more of David's work, visit his website: Tribesnyc.com
To read an excerpt from his work in progress Charting My Lifetime by Girlfriends, Loves and Misses, scroll down past the images.
Christina Maile printmaker
"Trying to spend at least an hour a day on drawing - for the past 6 weeks I've been concentrating on birds from photographs, and their structure from books. There's so much to think about - the vulnerability of ourselves especially of the health care workers and those who volunteer to help, but also the fragility of the earth and its environment . For me, birds represent an example of elegance and strength to weather this storm."
Click on image for video to begin.
"Trying to spend at least an hour a day on drawing - for the past 6 weeks I've been concentrating on birds from photographs, and their structure from books. There's so much to think about - the vulnerability of ourselves especially of the health care workers and those who volunteer to help, but also the fragility of the earth and its environment . For me, birds represent an example of elegance and strength to weather this storm."
Click on image for video to begin.
Nancy Gabor, actor, director, teacher.
Nancy wrote this very short play, MISSING, as part of Westbeth's Stories Around the Table. Scroll down to below images and click on Nancy's file to read the play.
Nancy wrote this very short play, MISSING, as part of Westbeth's Stories Around the Table. Scroll down to below images and click on Nancy's file to read the play.
Charles Seplowin, sculptor
"My pieces are mandalas symbolizing the experiences and observations I have encountered in my life. This sculpture is a mandala about global warming. I use the icons pertaining to global warming in the media and in history as templates for shapes I can then assemble." Styrofoam sculpture in progress, to be painted.
"My pieces are mandalas symbolizing the experiences and observations I have encountered in my life. This sculpture is a mandala about global warming. I use the icons pertaining to global warming in the media and in history as templates for shapes I can then assemble." Styrofoam sculpture in progress, to be painted.
Carolyn Virgil, painter.
" I just finished this second painting of my studio. While I worked on it I was thinking about how this represents all I can see at this moment while being isolated. So I am both creating and confined. "
" I just finished this second painting of my studio. While I worked on it I was thinking about how this represents all I can see at this moment while being isolated. So I am both creating and confined. "
Robert Bunkin, painter. Jenny by the Venetian Blinds.
"I have been painting Jenny, my wife and fellow artist of 47 years, all throughout our relationship. At 93 sitting still is not so easy for her, but at the outset of this crisis she offered to sit for me. I've also been painting the view from my window, but being primarily a figure painter from life, I cherish the opportunity this self-isolation has presented to focus entirely on her. I have been doing small-scale series of other friends/artists with whom I exchange posing, so serial portraiture was something I was already exploring." Completed 22 April 2020. 10 x 10 inches a/c
"I have been painting Jenny, my wife and fellow artist of 47 years, all throughout our relationship. At 93 sitting still is not so easy for her, but at the outset of this crisis she offered to sit for me. I've also been painting the view from my window, but being primarily a figure painter from life, I cherish the opportunity this self-isolation has presented to focus entirely on her. I have been doing small-scale series of other friends/artists with whom I exchange posing, so serial portraiture was something I was already exploring." Completed 22 April 2020. 10 x 10 inches a/c
Medical Gown, Ann Hamilton fine arts textile designer, and Bridget Carey fashion costumer.
"These are the emergency medical gowns , about 40 per week, we have been making as volunteer seamstresses for the Broadway Relief Project. The Project asks for volunteers to sew gowns and masks which are be provided free to health and public service workers." For more info: Email: brian.deutsch@openjarstudios.com"
"These are the emergency medical gowns , about 40 per week, we have been making as volunteer seamstresses for the Broadway Relief Project. The Project asks for volunteers to sew gowns and masks which are be provided free to health and public service workers." For more info: Email: brian.deutsch@openjarstudios.com"
Gayle Kirschenbaum, photographer, filmmaker.
"Grateful for many things including living in Westbeth. Went out onto our roof to get some fresh air and enjoyed
the sunset."
"Grateful for many things including living in Westbeth. Went out onto our roof to get some fresh air and enjoyed
the sunset."
Ellen Alexander Conley is a NY Times reviewed author of 5 novels and I non-fiction book. Scroll down past the images, and read her in-progress work, "Angels on the Third Floor Door."
Olive Ayhens, painter.
"A completed watercolor study for a commissioned painting of a view from the El Dorado."
"A completed watercolor study for a commissioned painting of a view from the El Dorado."
Carolyn Virgil, painter. "Painting of my Studio During Coronavirus".
Being an artist during this isolation is helpful, being able to create. I finished the painting today (I think) Acrylic on canvas board. April 15 2020
Being an artist during this isolation is helpful, being able to create. I finished the painting today (I think) Acrylic on canvas board. April 15 2020
Robert Bunkin, painter.
" I just finished this small painting today, part of a "Shut-In" Series.
The portrait is of my wife, painter Jenny Tango. " April 18, 2020
10 x 10 inches, acrylic on canvas.
" I just finished this small painting today, part of a "Shut-In" Series.
The portrait is of my wife, painter Jenny Tango. " April 18, 2020
10 x 10 inches, acrylic on canvas.
Elisa Decker, painter.
"After some time had passed from bringing home a free poinsettia I had found on the street, I noticed that the leaves curled beautifully after they fell off the plant. I also enjoyed their subtle variations in color. So I kept some, allowing them out to dry further on my table. Also on my table, was the card of Saloua Raouda Choucair's painting, from the show "Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s-1980s. So I began to play. I keep adding to the arrangement, so it's an ongoing puzzle. Perhaps it will turn into a drawing next..."
"After some time had passed from bringing home a free poinsettia I had found on the street, I noticed that the leaves curled beautifully after they fell off the plant. I also enjoyed their subtle variations in color. So I kept some, allowing them out to dry further on my table. Also on my table, was the card of Saloua Raouda Choucair's painting, from the show "Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s-1980s. So I began to play. I keep adding to the arrangement, so it's an ongoing puzzle. Perhaps it will turn into a drawing next..."
Sherry Lane, painter.
This painted child’s chair ws to be auctioned at fundraiser for the Jericho Arts Council and Canoe Regatta. Now postponed. Back and arms are in the shape of canoe paddles.
This painted child’s chair ws to be auctioned at fundraiser for the Jericho Arts Council and Canoe Regatta. Now postponed. Back and arms are in the shape of canoe paddles.
Beverly Brodsky "Being Form" These are internal and external elements in nature. I normally work large scale but these smaller works on wood panels, I started during our crisis(the corona virus). These panels have consumed me. I won't stop until I reach 100 panels.
Elena Borstein painter.
Part of a series called Resist, began as an Homage to Mexican architect Luis Barragan. As our border policies became more and more inhumane I shifted this series to encompass the meaning of what was happening to immigrants on our southern border. The paintings have taken on a more complex , even contradictory meaning now. I feel that artists can no longer simply portray beauty without acknowledging the cruelty and inhumanity of our government.
Part of a series called Resist, began as an Homage to Mexican architect Luis Barragan. As our border policies became more and more inhumane I shifted this series to encompass the meaning of what was happening to immigrants on our southern border. The paintings have taken on a more complex , even contradictory meaning now. I feel that artists can no longer simply portray beauty without acknowledging the cruelty and inhumanity of our government.
Mindy Belloff, printmaker.
"A Glimmer of Hope". photo taken at Abingdon Sq Park, NYC on April 12, 2020
"A Glimmer of Hope". photo taken at Abingdon Sq Park, NYC on April 12, 2020
Vinod Dave, painter, and his daughter Melika Dave, painter and musician, working on their first piece together inside their apartment. April 2020. (Click on image to play video)
Masks made by Susan Binet Westbeth Corp, Boardmember, Free handmade masks distributed to tenants, sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Commiittee
Masks made by by Jan Leslie Harding, actor and sculptor. White mask to color in your own design. Free handmade masks distributed to tenants, sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Committee
Phantom of the Opera masks made by Ann Hamilton, textile fine arts designer. Free handmade masks distributed to tenants sponsored by Westbeth Beautification Committee
Joan Hall, collagist, Girl with the Purell Earring
Fanten Gaddes, photographer, Solitude. April 2, 2020
Stephen Hall, painter, working on the largest canvas of his career March 20, 2020
Judy Lawne, photographer, Heroes, photos of Westbeth maintenance staff, compiled April 2020
Ann Hamilton, fine arts textile designer, dress made of recycled New Yorker totes April 2020
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