Moving out West from Manhattan, if I set-up shop and began painting pastoral cowboy scenes… they’d (literally) run me out of town, on a rail. No. That wouldn’t work. So… over the past two years… I’ve been trying to identify my vision of the West, through the lens of the East. Finally — the epiphany — Western Cowboys from the silver screen, in front of famous NYC neons. My first? Gary Cooper, from The Westerner, on his horse, in front of the Seinfeld Diner — Monk’s (actually, Tom’s Restaurant).
The narrative? Gary arrives at Monk’s, unannounced, for a drop-in with Jerry. Jerry offers Gary a bowl of cereal. Gary offers Jerry a smoke. They both decide this isn’t working out (it’s not like Gary asked for help moving, right Keith Hernandez?)… so Gary jumps on his horse, in search a gunfight… something ‘The Westerner’ was missing.
When Gary Met Jerry
For the past two years, I've been wondering how to capture the West, as a man from the East? Then, it hit me — famous Westerns cowboys, in front of landmark Manhattan, New York neons… the first in my East-Meets-West series? Gary Cooper, on his horse, in front of the Seinfeld diner — "Monks" (actually Tom's Restaurant). The painting captures Cooper, leaving the diner, after a drop-in with Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry offered Gary a bowl of cereal, Gary offered Jerry a smoke… you can imagine how that went down. Watch this baby come together in 50 seconds, with some stellar sounds courtesy of Gato Loco.
Posted by Borbay on Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Check the entire process inside a hot minute, soundtrack courtesy of Gato Loco. And, pardner, do read-on for more process.
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