by Alison Gelbman
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Surprise!March 13th, 2010I was just cleaning up from last Thursday’s event at Molloy College. And look at what jumped right out at me! Apparently, I had used the very sample that I was writing about in my previous post. When I had been practicing for that very gig! My work used to be good - accurate. But now it’s got that Edge that’s just thrilling! (See the middle picture in the earlier post from today) To Hire this Artist: New York New YorkMarch 4th, 2010Oh where have I been??? I stomp these grounds regularly - just getting to my gigs. I had a job last night at the Marriott Marquis near Times Square. Got there early, ate at The Roxy….. But on my way, I opened my eyes. Looked around. To Appreciate where I go. This is a great city!
Did you notice the Red Steps? I never noticed them before. Yeow - turns out they’ve been here for over a Year! Have I been so focused on getting where I have to go that I missed them? Or is the city so full of interesting visions that this magnificent structure just blended in with all the others? Oh let’s dance!
To Hire this Artist: HirschfeldJanuary 16th, 2010I am a fully evolved Artist! I am fine just the way I am. I am me - Who else Could I be? I am not Al Hirschfeld. Or Alex Gard. Or any other Caricaturists whose work hangs in Sardi’s. (Where I have, by the way, worked plenty of times - regular parties. my own artwork.) Those people, now gone, might have been asked to draw like Rembrandt or something while they were alive! Not to say that it doesn’t help my development to study the Artists of yesterday. Now, most of the published Al Hirschfeld pictures were drawn and redrawn before they became the pictures we know and love. And they were, of course, not drawn by Me. They were drawn by Al Hirschfeld. I recently had a request to draw ‘Hirschfeld-style’ at a Party. I like to accommodate my clients. And it’s healthy for my growth to do something different once in a while. So I quickly drew up this sample - the way I might do a ‘Hirschfeld-style’ in 5 minutes at a Party. I used blue color stick instead of black marker for the large area because it takes a lot less time to draw it that way - and my client is hoping to get a lot of pictures per hour.
I’m actually excited about the job. It will force me to study Hirschfeld. But, I’m writing that I exist too. I am an Artist. I live now. Plenty of people are glad to have a ‘Gelbman picture’. Plenty of people like me. To Hire this Artist: |
