Picture of the Week #478 "Westward Ho" Sun Valley, Idaho 2005 Signed & Stamped

When visiting friends at their vacation home in Sun Valley, we went to see a parade. As I grew up in Brooklyn and educated in Manhattan and then moved to Los Angeles, I never really encounter cowboys in my realm. So, this was unique for me. I hustled around shooting photos. And then enjoyed what was so alien to me. 

Picture of the Week #477 "Solemn Moment" Paris, France 2017 Signed & Stamped

For a non-religious person I seem to take tons of pictures in Churches. I don't know why. Perhaps it's my innate curiosity or the fact that I am a voyeur. Either way I have amassed so many pictures that one day I will try and put them together for a show. In the meantime this picture will have to do. 

Picture of the Week #476 "Wrapped Buddha" Bangkok, Thailand 1989 Signed & Stamped

This is another image from my Around the World Trip of 1989. As you might realize, these images from back then were shot on film. Thankfully, since then, I went digital as I used to have to carry around hundreds of rolls of 35mm transparencies. I would shoot and then lug the un-developed film till I was back in Los Angeles before I would see what the image looked like. Every time I had to go through security and they would Xray my bags and see all the film canisters they would look at me to make sure I wasn't a drug mule. I am so grateful to digital.  

Picture of the Week #475 "ThePit" Bangkok, Thailand, 1989 Signed & Stamped

When I was going around the world one of my favorite stop overs was in Bangkok. I don't remember going to any zoos but when I came across this image I wasn't sure exactly where in Bangkok I took it.  I also have no idea why the water looked this way but was fascinated enough to record it. I was thinking of coming up with some witty title for this picture but decided to just be straight forward and call it what it is. 

Picture of the week #474 "Umbrella City"Santa Monica, California 2017 Signed & Stamped

On one of our many walks along Ocean avenue in Santa Monica, you can't help but see the many umbrellas hogging the beach and therefore I had to capture it. I did manipulate some of the sand on the bottom to steer the viewers focus to the colorful umbrellas.  

Picture of the Week #473 "Ditch Digging" Hang Chow, China 1980 Signed & Stamped

On my first trip to Mainland China I was originally there to scout locations for a motion picture that I was set to direct. As I might have said before in one of my posts, the film was supposed to star Ingrid Bergman. Sadly she fell ill and the film was cancelled. I spent the next year back home going through all of the slides that I had taken and chose a number to paint from. That was when I came upon the idea of doing life size cut outs. My friends would all ask "What's China like?" and I would answer people, people and bicycles. Today it's cars everywhere. I was blown away at the progress that China has gone through in such a short period of time. Anyway, here's what it used to look like. 

Picture of the Week #472  "Nude Watch" Los Angeles, California 2017 Signed & Stamped

I went to the L.A. Art Fair downtown and came across various installations that I liked. Obviously I photographed them. When I was back here in my studio I started to manipulate and combine them and finally adding a cloud at the bottom. I find this image very funny and that it requires a second look. I hope others enjoy it as much. It will be part of a my ongoing hard cover book project of "Pictures That Make You Smile". I'll let you know when it's completed in case you want one. Till then keep smiling.