Parking Lot Gallery

Congratulations to Gray Edgerton on becoming the newest NYC Parking Lot Gallery online winner.

Gray Edgerton - The Jig is Up - 36" x 36"

Ron Richter’s Mr. Wobbly is extremely bizarre even for a surrealist painting.  The thought that must have gone into this piece is fantastically mind boggling.  First off, whats going on?  Who are these creatures?  Where do they live?  And then there’s ice cream falling from the sky.  And Mr. Wobbly’s tie is cut in half.   Did he just lose his job?  I’m completely baffled and yet maybe that’s why it so engrossing.  I can’t look away.

Ron Richter - Mr. Wobbly - 84" x 72"

Helmut Krackie’s Untitled assortment of lines is an aesthetically enjoyable pattern with many hidden complexities.  The simple assortment of colored lines on a white background is more elaborate on closer inspection.   The beauty of paint is its ability to absorb all those random unseen influences.  Each layer includes a new emotion and mood;  its a brief biography of the artist.  And this is why art is always unique, artists are always original and everyone who views artwork does so through new eyes.

Helmut Krackie - Untitled - 34" x 44"

Allison Brandi mixes purposeful lines and simple blotches of color into one powerful image which fosters a storybook of emotion.  And hidden beneath all this, lies a deliberately subtractive background crafted through a variety of experimental techniques.   This particular untitled piece appears to be an innocent child left out in the cold, his rosy cheek the only proof of vitality.   The backdrop of brightly colored acrylics is obscured behind a coat gesso which suggests a thin layer of snow atop a lost world of prosperity.   I’ve looked at this piece many times and I still feel that there’s some deep meaning I’ve yet to discover, but maybe truly great artists never reveal all there is to know.

Allison Brandi - Untitled - 48" x 32"

Jonathan Levy’s extremely unique style blends acrylics on canvas to creates patterns that appear almost digital in origin.  Using twirling wisps of color, he loosely solidifies his image and creates little areas of sporadic motion which challenge the eye. It reminds me of stumbling around in a drunken stupor or maybe it represents the fragments of memories which are pieced together the morning after.  Real, fictitious or somewhere in between; the women in the painting is a beautiful way to remember any evening.

Jonathan Levy - Violet - 22" x 34"

Alexander Percy’s La solucion a tu eterna locura is an amazing abstraction of greens, yellows and reds.  Its contrasting colors, textures and lines simulate a visual insanity which leads my mind in circles.  However, the beauty of abstract art is its ability to distance you from reality and defined ideas.  This piece is the solution for the overactive mind, it brings calm and is surprisingly comforting.

“La solucion a tu eterna locura” 42” x 60”

Barbara Lloyd’s Catwalk is another great example of perspective and fluid motion.  The subjects stripped suit grabs my attention and guides my eye upwards.  Her glance and wide gate make me feel submissive and small as she towers above me.  This piece truly captures my imagination.

Barbara J. Lloyd - A Glance From The Catwalk - 3ft x 4ft

The New York City Parking Lot Gallery competition is officially underway.  Online winners will be posted regularly so keep submitting your entries for a chance to compete in the Parking Lot Gallery exhibition.

Benjamin Bublick uses his unique painting style to create fluid motion, strong textures and vivid colors.  His entry, Water Giraffe, captures a somewhat comical and abstract interpretation of the recognizable creature.  Exhaling a mist of water from his nostrils, the visibly wet giraffe appear triumphant in his escape from the water.

Benjamin Bublick - Water Giraffe 8ft x 1ft