Sing for Hope Pianos

I was honored to be chosen to paint a donated piano for Sing for Hope. In a "Art for All" movement, these pianos are place in NYC parks for all to play for the month of June. It is then donated to a school in need, allowing for music programs in schools.

First the piano is taken apart and sanded.

 Then it is primed with white gesso.
It feels very strange to paint over a piano, like you are performing a sacrilegious act.

This is me, outside 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, where our donated painting floor is. Fifty pianos were donated this year. If you are an interested artist, they have a yearly open call, see link below. You are given three months to paint your piano, at their location, then it is place in a NYC park for the month of June. And finally, after being re-tuned, is given to a school in need. To apply for your school to receive a 2018 Sing for Hope Piano, visit the site below!

Sing for Hope Piano Information

Sing for Hope, piano artistry at play

I am one of the selected artists chosen to paint a donated piano for Sing for Hope. A wonderful program that has artists painting pianos, they are then placed in a park in NYC for the month of June, picked up and returned to be tuned, and then finally donated to a school in need.

Taken apart, sanded, primed in white and then painted black, my background of choice. 50 pianos were donated this year. It feels very strange to paint over a beautiful wooden piano, but paint I must. I love watching the progress around me from the other artists. So far I have only seen four or five artists when I am there.  We have three months to complete the piano, I feeling on schedule so far!I hope I did not just jinx myself!

Geocites and Cell Divisions

 Life in the big city. Interpersonal connections, personal issues, and social scenes.

Blue Divisions, 2018 

Acrylic on canvas

  Geo Cities I, 2018

Black gesso and acrylic on wood

 

Breast Cancer Strikes, 2018

 Geo Cities II, 2018
Black gesso and acrylic on wood

 

Shared Open Spaces, 2018

Black gesso and acrylic on wood 

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Upcycling Cardboard

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A Visit to Green-Wood Cemetery

I love the quietness, the mystery and the numerous discoveries found in this cemetery. I visit often, with camera slung around my neck, searching out the unseen.

 

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Surfboard Paintings

I love the ocean but have never surfed. My focus has always been beneath the waves, snorkeling or scuba diving, creatures in full view. To sit atop a board, with legs dangling just below the water's surface, terrifies me. For I know what is beneath me, I have seen it.

But to feel the thrill of riding a wave and embrace the experience first hand is enticing. So for now I dream about it and paint smaller versions, waiting for the opportunity to come...

Mini boards, 2017

Red Glow , 2016

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Geometric Compositions

New creations speaking in candy colors, electric movements. Taking the path of geometric patterning, flowing energy pathways. The colors, the gestures, all come together to create mysterious encounters.

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