On an especially warm summer day I happened upon the artist Matthew Courtney selling his art on Prince Street, NYC. I am a big fan of Matthew's work, so was seaking him out. I was happy to see that he is still around. He has been selling his art at this location for quite a few years. He is known as the Newspaper man of SoHo. Selling his art there since 2001, says his instagram account. I think it has been more years then that. I believe he used to run ABC No Rio, in a squat on Rivington Street, LES. Founded in 1980 by an artists collective.
I purchased his "The Urban Tribal Man" piece. Inspired by this piece, I went home and created my version, "The Urban Tribal Woman".
His piece is not in this blog. I hope to include it soon.
I posted it on instagram and someone was interested in purchasing it, so I had to create a second one. I would like to frame up Urban man and woman together, as a conversation between artists.
Enjoy!
Callie
