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03.16.13

Painting Process: Central Park Southeast at Twilight Painting Process | Comments
Central Park Southeast... at Twilight... my third Futurist Revival canvas. Many of these buildings hold a special place in my heart... but I'll get into that later. On a freezing pre-blizzard eve, I stood on the bridge by Wollman Rink and snapped the scene from day to night. This was the lighting I used as the jump-off point. How about the entire painting process in just over a minute set to a gorgeous soundtrack by The Ambershift, aka, Nelson Downend, Jr. and Ahmed Mahmoud? And now, on to the photos... Continue Reading...

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03.14.13

Advance Central Park Painting Previews Available Painting Process | Comments
I've been posting the progress of this painting on both Facebook and Twitter... Tomorrow, I'll be putting the final strokes on my Central Park South painting. The official blog post will go live on Monday, but if you'd like a sneak preview of the finished painting before then, drop me a line and I'll email you a sneak preview this weekend.

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02.17.13

Throwback Sunday, A Cityscape Evolution Thinking Out Loud | Comments
It's Sunday, so let's throw down a throwback. In 2008, I set up the easel on my roof and created this water tower painting... it was one of my earliest cityscape paintings. A year later, the style tightened up a bit... this bridge painting was created in the lobby of SS+K's downtown office. Continue Reading...

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02.05.13

Sutton Place at Twilight, a Borbay Painting Painting Process | Comments
I've always been a fan of Futurism, twilight and magnificence of Manhattan... so I decided to combine all three for my first major painting of 2013. The result: Sutton Place at Twilight... a magical intersection where the 59th Street Bridge startlingly appears between buildings. Here is a month of work in just under 90 seconds, set to the sweet sound of The Rotaries... This source image was taken at 30 Sutton Place (a Candela building) on a bone chilling night, during a long walk with fellow artist Paul Zepeda. And now, on to the blow-by-blow recap, one photo at a time. Continue ...

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09.28.12

Painting Process SOHO Water Towers at Night From 468 West Broadway Painting Process | Comments
Last night, the good people from The Blumstein Team invited yours truly, Ari Lankin, Jeremy Penn and Paul Zepeda to live-paint at a SOHO loft party. I decided to paint this view... laying the foundation, then capturing the experience at night from the 5th floor of 468 West Broadway. Here is the entire painting process in 47 seconds... the event was intimately lit, which means grainy footage... let's just call that intentional. Soundtrack by MH the Verb, check him out... Waffles & Whiskey! Continue Reading...

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10.19.09

Borbay on HeadroomDigital’s Youtube Page General Action | Comments
While I was painting the Chrysler Building at HeadroomDigital, TJ Dumser set up a video camera to record my process. The result? A time lapse video with custom beats, available through Headroom's Youtube page.

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10.08.09

Painting Process | Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges @SSandK Painting Process | Comments
If He-Man were alive today, he might thrust his sword to the sky and declare, "I have the Power of the Twitterverse!" Following my tweets about the Chrysler painting, my former colleague Vicki Harte took notice, and put me in touch with the gentlemen of SS+K. Citing their stunning 30th floor view, they opened their doors to yours truly for my painting delight. I've been a fan of SS+K's work for some time - no surprise considering the terrific people I met while on location. Taking brief work breaks to discuss the advertising industry with top Partners, VP's and Directors makes the ...

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10.02.09

Painting Process | Chrysler Building @Headroomdigi Painting Process | Comments
On Monday, I requested a location with a view on my Facebook Wall and my HS friend, music executive Theresa Notartomaso, responded immediately. Thanks to Theresa, my easel and I found ourselves in front of a stunning view on the 19th floor of Headroom Digital's studio on 26th and Madison. With VH1, bottomless coffee, occasional massage chair break and conversation (thank you Claudia) leading the way, a process of the painting above after the jump. Continue Reading...

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