Hugo Kobayashi's Nothing For Something. Paintings Of Crushed Lottery Tix

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMz2-UudjLjvSm4DsIaUn7WEAE3esuP9AUJ-va46u_20AH6mRxwacNZN4S3ScJjJFJLWLZHFHjTXafHdGq9YvGNgQ_I-1tDVz0FlhXJtHqgPSVdw_uYV8_1EWftFLZUUBJx1-gUOJpnH-/s1600/Nothing4Somthing.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466384191965058130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMz2-UudjLjvSm4DsIaUn7WEAE3esuP9AUJ-va46u_20AH6mRxwacNZN4S3ScJjJFJLWLZHFHjTXafHdGq9YvGNgQ_I-1tDVz0FlhXJtHqgPSVdw_uYV8_1EWftFLZUUBJx1-gUOJpnH-/s400/Nothing4Somthing.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 446px;" /></a><br /><br />Los Angeles born, but San Fransisco based artist <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hugo Kobayashi</span>, whose painting studio is in Oakland, has a new show opening at the <a href="http://www.hangart.com/">Hang Art gallery</a> today.<br /><br />In his third solo exhibition with HANG ART, Hugo Kobayashi continues to materialize his observations of societal obsessions through meticulous rendering. He carefully explores how drastically the perception of gambling or chance has changed over the years and how its pervasive nature now causes fun to overshadow risk. Shown together, the body begs one to wonder how the scratchers’ owners were affected. Rather than implying a specific story, shown together the body leaves the viewer to wonder how the scratchers came to be.<br /><br />The show, called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nothing For Something,</span> features hyper realistic oil paintings of crumpled lottery tickets and scratchers. Each painting measures by 16" x 32" and I love every single one of them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Nothing For Something:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiYVbs6QST19sWz8IoYcZam4Er1sjP79bU3nf7qu04puDnJlrtbDonWNhaYuv_GuczXFS3l4KwIVYZ8kG9xQYYfVLMltvO6uLGAviFHR2sjb6tvAmBwx5nr0xh-0idSCzzHTR80vaKzpX/s1600/Nothing-for-Something.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466383829274947282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiYVbs6QST19sWz8IoYcZam4Er1sjP79bU3nf7qu04puDnJlrtbDonWNhaYuv_GuczXFS3l4KwIVYZ8kG9xQYYfVLMltvO6uLGAviFHR2sjb6tvAmBwx5nr0xh-0idSCzzHTR80vaKzpX/s400/Nothing-for-Something.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Easy Go:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1WKckRTgQIko-7Qt43d9mFp0KQb7ql6E_zSKeTlrcHlNPZ7LTBCARQ0TRPNro0x7qs9DxAk-x23ONFKyKc9A6VPsPbTqTVef_wR3GjOZ0XqWd7_J86W58HpUR3XKJMr1SItw8Ts7KZ9e/s1600/Easy-Go.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466385338763783986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1WKckRTgQIko-7Qt43d9mFp0KQb7ql6E_zSKeTlrcHlNPZ7LTBCARQ0TRPNro0x7qs9DxAk-x23ONFKyKc9A6VPsPbTqTVef_wR3GjOZ0XqWd7_J86W58HpUR3XKJMr1SItw8Ts7KZ9e/s400/Easy-Go.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Losing My Cool:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxU0x9WOnPIqY1ZvGi5PDDFL1NuWXuksYIXPwcnfLAVwkER3VkiZnurl8AkEpNGgBASoS8cXkPOvBuROqMVOKG_00GC-u6YWfS7uAN9vvDD9bZZXZarCukekaYUXdOSbaJT5xY0bnRww-/s1600/Losing-My-Cool.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466383566046860754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxU0x9WOnPIqY1ZvGi5PDDFL1NuWXuksYIXPwcnfLAVwkER3VkiZnurl8AkEpNGgBASoS8cXkPOvBuROqMVOKG_00GC-u6YWfS7uAN9vvDD9bZZXZarCukekaYUXdOSbaJT5xY0bnRww-/s400/Losing-My-Cool.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Spinout:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCQK2KQ14q-QDESAM5EkMEXoAJ0Da3_ACM1qoIeEtGgD_Sn5YtSCMUcqKn3ubg0PtJb4xhlgJZZysGTk_1QsKb76XadZydU5Wfyu7AxYQtXfnOqBAjE92mfeM7SA4VvDbuzkrlUtg-16U/s1600/Spinout.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466383340672602754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCQK2KQ14q-QDESAM5EkMEXoAJ0Da3_ACM1qoIeEtGgD_Sn5YtSCMUcqKn3ubg0PtJb4xhlgJZZysGTk_1QsKb76XadZydU5Wfyu7AxYQtXfnOqBAjE92mfeM7SA4VvDbuzkrlUtg-16U/s400/Spinout.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Uneasy:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-tjd6l77ODlWkVu3r7BfaPx5xG0jqjfzbUKHUjTEoT9Df-aqeLtBCMFr-RXcfY2-AuTRGW4remSUEO3Fb5fjiGTFbOvcoC4cXIZDfvLhSpdgwycx9JPCr0qCm30DIX6whv0NGMZuBBnE/s1600/Uneasy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466383253888837538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-tjd6l77ODlWkVu3r7BfaPx5xG0jqjfzbUKHUjTEoT9Df-aqeLtBCMFr-RXcfY2-AuTRGW4remSUEO3Fb5fjiGTFbOvcoC4cXIZDfvLhSpdgwycx9JPCr0qCm30DIX6whv0NGMZuBBnE/s400/Uneasy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Red Ink and Blue:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6yDwHp0W1h_d9iHazsI54FprS47M7m2q23xdjyVkA4qiqJCn3uUz503XczwfG4T5RU3jEpwj3g1VP2Kk0wdjoNFYtKd05aF3IFhZA16Qny_uy-2tD3QOyMvF_UUTb_yUqZjbLhfLLyhv/s1600/Red-Ink-and-Blue.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466383690404576898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6yDwHp0W1h_d9iHazsI54FprS47M7m2q23xdjyVkA4qiqJCn3uUz503XczwfG4T5RU3jEpwj3g1VP2Kk0wdjoNFYtKd05aF3IFhZA16Qny_uy-2tD3QOyMvF_UUTb_yUqZjbLhfLLyhv/s400/Red-Ink-and-Blue.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 260px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">In The Red:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnEXZZUgoq4JH60Fh5Dcf5Wiy15-E_k6U4xkjEw6Dr9O7Excp52j8gVBi-H1-Ekq_bcckNbG0Vp7c8yqAZICkaxdt_XAUPoksS_KQ4XjhactLre86HCrc1NbF_YN2k4HqWKUERnAPi3Ud/s1600/In-the-Red.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466385406127797698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnEXZZUgoq4JH60Fh5Dcf5Wiy15-E_k6U4xkjEw6Dr9O7Excp52j8gVBi-H1-Ekq_bcckNbG0Vp7c8yqAZICkaxdt_XAUPoksS_KQ4XjhactLre86HCrc1NbF_YN2k4HqWKUERnAPi3Ud/s400/In-the-Red.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 262px;" /></a><br /><br />The show runs from May 1 through May 15th. The Opening Reception will take place Thursday at the gallery May 6, from 6-8pm.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HANG ART</span><br />567 Sutter St.<br />San Francisco, CA 94102<br />T 415 434 4264<br />F 415 434 2603<br />Mon-Sat 10am to 6pm<br />Sun 12 to 5pm<br /><br />Paintings can also be purchased <a href="http://www.hangart.com/index.cfm">online here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the artist:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqoz8FkHS4unTurdyVqe_7ZnBaB5_1hjiSCRfoQORp0OcPoBz0lZIngM3T-rq-wF82Bvvs2BmaArbMKH-iAQcCI9iruIP2iORbPLQ5VbqVMT7ZrvBl3WTC4BfPXJes4T1sjVFEm-LzYWd/s1600/kobaphoto.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466385768671274994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqoz8FkHS4unTurdyVqe_7ZnBaB5_1hjiSCRfoQORp0OcPoBz0lZIngM3T-rq-wF82Bvvs2BmaArbMKH-iAQcCI9iruIP2iORbPLQ5VbqVMT7ZrvBl3WTC4BfPXJes4T1sjVFEm-LzYWd/s400/kobaphoto.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 190px;" /></a><br />Hugo Kobayashi's vertical canvases are filmic, skillfully rendered, and often autobiographical. A native of Southern California, he spent four years as a comic strip writer for LA View, which gave him a strong grasp of the narrative potential of visual images. He draws inspiration from comics and films, and the tall, narrow format of his work invites the viewer to read his images from top to bottom like unreeling filmstrips.<br /><br />Kobayashi's goal is to combine the graphic techniques of cartooning and design with a painterly brushstroke and representational approach, crafting powerful, unified paintings that can both tell personal stories and comment on the world at large.<br /><br />Born in Los Angeles in 1962 and reared in Orange County, Kobayashi has been making images since he was five. He earned his bachelor's degree in studio art from the University of California at Berkeley in 1983 and his master's degree from Hunter College in New York in 1986. Hugo has participated in exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Center, the Keyson Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael.<br /><a href="http://hugokobayashi.com/"><br />See all of his work at his site.</a>

Hugo Kobayashi's Nothing For Something. Paintings Of Crushed Lottery Tix

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The Urban Appeal Of Steven Albert's Photo-Realism Paintings

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlppBbVD7yQG4vx43uNXoI5JEKG0C4k8Lkj3k4-4M9WiLPjEFuDBGrPtmMeUQ9tHbMWbXDT4uV4yzn3UK-casffF0LLH1q7DxVuXgBb_eeHMW4boF7kVP6DZtrTd8xyT8mH9Z_mbb8ip0/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Stroll_1265_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443091531318598770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlppBbVD7yQG4vx43uNXoI5JEKG0C4k8Lkj3k4-4M9WiLPjEFuDBGrPtmMeUQ9tHbMWbXDT4uV4yzn3UK-casffF0LLH1q7DxVuXgBb_eeHMW4boF7kVP6DZtrTd8xyT8mH9Z_mbb8ip0/s400/Steven_Albert_Stroll_1265_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >above: Stroll by Steven Albert</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">, oil on canvas, 30" x 40", Hespe gallery</span></span><br /><br />Steven Albert's oil paintings are hyperrealistic representations of urban and small town icons like cafes, coffeehouses, street windows, graffiti scrawled walls and parked cars. The mundane subject matter is executed with a deft hand, keen eye and romantic familiarity, especially to those who grew up around San Francisco.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Z-sNLAN9muaRbeIx6_Dy9bkTmZv1vfWM8q8-UIAaNUXUZv2LkRLwj7x4fxut3SiiOoOyI6JcmkabWjafJ8ReTIAnAV6uR53kcHzbuVioz_QAX0HE3U7Q8oAJ7IizgpMarDQjz3DOtrwX/s1600-h/1780_folsom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443094756269958162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Z-sNLAN9muaRbeIx6_Dy9bkTmZv1vfWM8q8-UIAaNUXUZv2LkRLwj7x4fxut3SiiOoOyI6JcmkabWjafJ8ReTIAnAV6uR53kcHzbuVioz_QAX0HE3U7Q8oAJ7IizgpMarDQjz3DOtrwX/s400/1780_folsom.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 330px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >above: 1789 Folsom by Steven Albert, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" class="style4" >2009</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" class="style5" >, <span class="style6">oil on canvas</span>, <span class="style6">30"X48"</span>, <span class="style6">George Billis Gallery</span>, <span class="style6">New York</span></span><br /><br />Reminiscent of the hyper realistic paintings by <a href="http://www.hyperrealism.net/Robert%20Bechtle.htm">Robert Bechtle</a> and <a href="http://search3.famsf.org:8080/view.shtml?keywords=richard%20estes&artist=&country=&period=&sort=&start=1&position=1&record=303315">Richard Estes</a>, Alberts' work catapults us into present day venues with the graffiti and street art not apparent decades ago when Bechtle was immortalizing suburbia or in hyperrealism paintings of <a href="http://www.georgebillis.com/artists/stephen_magsig.html">Stephen Magsig</a>'s Michigan.<br /><br />2 ecampes of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Richard Estes</span> paintings:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBygmhsUL7dWhGvat2WdMERojXPHk_bKzrBzGc052jPK-LwkBBgBAiI4FE9DaFx373MRX4EIx0fGmXsiIaXzsWNk_A_-CHfp6dJsBME0jQvnavx_dg_jfPtdJHCTVeDAzKaOb8VgbXAp2/s1600-h/Picture+13.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443110142121361842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBygmhsUL7dWhGvat2WdMERojXPHk_bKzrBzGc052jPK-LwkBBgBAiI4FE9DaFx373MRX4EIx0fGmXsiIaXzsWNk_A_-CHfp6dJsBME0jQvnavx_dg_jfPtdJHCTVeDAzKaOb8VgbXAp2/s400/Picture+13.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 347px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQ2OmMG1KHjrPtriO08v24GS52deljrb3nVWszHLpqRfPKN_pCrsaxUjbtWzBFn-eSlBJ7Nfym1ilHOnrwobc4ZDWSfmNLPWZ0jdPCOYvFa8JlgXzu_Vcyzs_qutVC1beyCMfxKZsNhEA/s1600-h/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443109969851670642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQ2OmMG1KHjrPtriO08v24GS52deljrb3nVWszHLpqRfPKN_pCrsaxUjbtWzBFn-eSlBJ7Nfym1ilHOnrwobc4ZDWSfmNLPWZ0jdPCOYvFa8JlgXzu_Vcyzs_qutVC1beyCMfxKZsNhEA/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 512px; height: 354px;" /></a><br />2 examples of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Robert Bechtle's</span> paintings:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BbrHoVY_YZFdWgUCQxm475y3ygtStsl8W9f1XBK8PCfD674t3lsMD9w55wqYCVdPT1_9oSWSEexBlnf9e_a8tFLTY8rBtSFHymtO1THzzBO3GWqjbfmp6ekHfBt8DJwXp6U_KT8c5rbH/s1600-h/3cm506.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443111608506506866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BbrHoVY_YZFdWgUCQxm475y3ygtStsl8W9f1XBK8PCfD674t3lsMD9w55wqYCVdPT1_9oSWSEexBlnf9e_a8tFLTY8rBtSFHymtO1THzzBO3GWqjbfmp6ekHfBt8DJwXp6U_KT8c5rbH/s400/3cm506.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 516px; height: 322px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlBi3HI5dJPEHhTR72Kgn_xk31KIEdXmAMPQqm3JHJVmSPXRc5tfkQ-uR-qBufXhp2A12Oqs7oWEX9swZHAkn_yFbsYrTlbc_bf_L-AZM0lSHkyOr7wWpTNoCHb8iOk7JRZdjGo9Qrhor/s1600-h/robert_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443111359557576354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlBi3HI5dJPEHhTR72Kgn_xk31KIEdXmAMPQqm3JHJVmSPXRc5tfkQ-uR-qBufXhp2A12Oqs7oWEX9swZHAkn_yFbsYrTlbc_bf_L-AZM0lSHkyOr7wWpTNoCHb8iOk7JRZdjGo9Qrhor/s400/robert_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 510px; height: 471px;" /></a><br /><br />In Steven Albert's work, the audience's relationship to the paintings and their subject matter depends up the viewers position in relation to the scene. At times you are a voyeur peering into the crowded cafes and the patrons within, separated by doors or windows, such as in the following pieces:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Straight Through:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kdLtKgRqHS3NN01NHN_J8kkirjUwtxb6h_VCniUFOmMGBF8NR5RtbWrnVPJCUwQ3HJkfN_4VGZQRxwSRTiW4TXPmbZT8ZrA0CfDYQc_7OPuxIGzOAMwoP5Mm90kAQjPFJxkICRyvHmaC/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Straight_Through_1152_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443097694371232658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kdLtKgRqHS3NN01NHN_J8kkirjUwtxb6h_VCniUFOmMGBF8NR5RtbWrnVPJCUwQ3HJkfN_4VGZQRxwSRTiW4TXPmbZT8ZrA0CfDYQc_7OPuxIGzOAMwoP5Mm90kAQjPFJxkICRyvHmaC/s400/Steven_Albert_Straight_Through_1152_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 577px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blue Door:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N_7albRx3px03Kxt24H9M74sMuR2lAMtXyrUGxGIe80P0vSwWWaRJIgz1H5jO8jP0tokSFPU7lDUtSbA-tgjUdQYI7TLLbvdYKJ2JuGxvoZhL83Mn192ZfCtAYavz1Bg6PJ3nc-LNyY/s1600-h/BlueDoor.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443128683273819778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N_7albRx3px03Kxt24H9M74sMuR2lAMtXyrUGxGIe80P0vSwWWaRJIgz1H5jO8jP0tokSFPU7lDUtSbA-tgjUdQYI7TLLbvdYKJ2JuGxvoZhL83Mn192ZfCtAYavz1Bg6PJ3nc-LNyY/s400/BlueDoor.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 583px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trinity:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeSiL6qwRw0HYPgawnrBiSqa6TDO22UGnF6OMisFB3hyphenhyphenIrLgynD0Tk5s3CFHateVLhV4ALbkC521DJE7hiK4lggc0eJvgh8DhUJ2YfFBl4nbUn0Qf8xSlRRNQedpy2OilyyTO0feq4VoE/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Trinity_1150_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443091035146458610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeSiL6qwRw0HYPgawnrBiSqa6TDO22UGnF6OMisFB3hyphenhyphenIrLgynD0Tk5s3CFHateVLhV4ALbkC521DJE7hiK4lggc0eJvgh8DhUJ2YfFBl4nbUn0Qf8xSlRRNQedpy2OilyyTO0feq4VoE/s400/Steven_Albert_Trinity_1150_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 761px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Window On Market:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeU8LTyQ9nGJUvvR6SkXQ6AC_B-58q084XBGJPraDsZIKVjAUA5n_ScuZqY7kvF5vU9D-OoG-QCXzCbuidjNw1tJnMAztnvL-7JvF8t0acXI2POnEU7loKc2E09JtdYWxyVrDaCMQQaIa/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Window_on_Market_944_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443090940420970466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPeU8LTyQ9nGJUvvR6SkXQ6AC_B-58q084XBGJPraDsZIKVjAUA5n_ScuZqY7kvF5vU9D-OoG-QCXzCbuidjNw1tJnMAztnvL-7JvF8t0acXI2POnEU7loKc2E09JtdYWxyVrDaCMQQaIa/s400/Steven_Albert_Window_on_Market_944_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 679px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Park:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrQ5LHoh17fiEzTBNi4FgR-OQtMg3A_cg5HllPiyqc8Tk1bfuH70zJeONML7GCRXj9W6tLIZuwCp0_BU2ZdZ6T66ZEOivgcwukoWZQ79P5M5uiCKL3r5nzDHqexZYHKmxLFS-aBCYPME6/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_The_Park_1151_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443091174143265202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrQ5LHoh17fiEzTBNi4FgR-OQtMg3A_cg5HllPiyqc8Tk1bfuH70zJeONML7GCRXj9W6tLIZuwCp0_BU2ZdZ6T66ZEOivgcwukoWZQ79P5M5uiCKL3r5nzDHqexZYHKmxLFS-aBCYPME6/s400/Steven_Albert_The_Park_1151_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 777px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Royal Grouds:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDka-pcQxsLYrwZ4C9A77ZYESxSYzb-0QkUOKFw-Ro2xpHv1zYVGGeta-6L-Xls3yPUPSY2fNTLzzdAFbsZX2Eh0yd2_17xzitgz6-dPJtI4hh2QGG2ffS2_bq6p-yJDNvHouDdyh83E/s1600-h/royal_grounds.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115549262261986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDka-pcQxsLYrwZ4C9A77ZYESxSYzb-0QkUOKFw-Ro2xpHv1zYVGGeta-6L-Xls3yPUPSY2fNTLzzdAFbsZX2Eh0yd2_17xzitgz6-dPJtI4hh2QGG2ffS2_bq6p-yJDNvHouDdyh83E/s400/royal_grounds.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 593px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Benedictine:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBahx_kEo0RKUYOCpGrCziXkZsyMmDbqJnzssbId-aKMSlKLKJoNKN64DWUSD7tj7Cu8MXIidNV5PG0RDGx1ciYvInH8H5uAsK6vrNTCHX56P6zJPtFkNlkNaS3xfHqL8Iu9NxqtqRd0s/s1600-h/benedictine.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443096269730922114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBahx_kEo0RKUYOCpGrCziXkZsyMmDbqJnzssbId-aKMSlKLKJoNKN64DWUSD7tj7Cu8MXIidNV5PG0RDGx1ciYvInH8H5uAsK6vrNTCHX56P6zJPtFkNlkNaS3xfHqL8Iu9NxqtqRd0s/s400/benedictine.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 672px;" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">All Nighter:</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2y9ShMmejbyPWd_8Jc2f3vYYdLwrmDlW6cmLbjCChbtVPn50L8GPcgM7_oLzb5WzznfRQgUeWI1uWhBHjFnaSq4gcewJHNCtXuKz7-zUX11D3FevBud8CQawxDIuiERAy2f8QAmloYZk/s1600-h/all_nighter.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443096104575105122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2y9ShMmejbyPWd_8Jc2f3vYYdLwrmDlW6cmLbjCChbtVPn50L8GPcgM7_oLzb5WzznfRQgUeWI1uWhBHjFnaSq4gcewJHNCtXuKz7-zUX11D3FevBud8CQawxDIuiERAy2f8QAmloYZk/s400/all_nighter.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 898px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Evening At The Allstar:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQvM31c5JUcfZaF7Lf5UEgnrdSHZ1ExiPunBqQvr51w_a96KgJjcSw069N9VMZ8XeYgKCole7vH3FNSturPEXoNwi4kWgY6iTGCrs3MQjSotr9FziCEXUdZVH4fDMBHBFh2XSHzTKOyro/s1600-h/evening_at_the_allstar.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443096689220344018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQvM31c5JUcfZaF7Lf5UEgnrdSHZ1ExiPunBqQvr51w_a96KgJjcSw069N9VMZ8XeYgKCole7vH3FNSturPEXoNwi4kWgY6iTGCrs3MQjSotr9FziCEXUdZVH4fDMBHBFh2XSHzTKOyro/s400/evening_at_the_allstar.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 517px; height: 682px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Key Lime:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuAv36fRaR7_wPuwpqoH8zXrVvQisB5iweq5X0KO61Bq4HgudRtnkQV8uq3AQCoNbSD_1OcuM1DMQZ6AAs0sXdp7tVifLJL3win2KRkk_SvNWdVljahaGtj6DkD2KOBokOo4egP0Y3sQ/s1600-h/key_lime_a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443125189107720482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuAv36fRaR7_wPuwpqoH8zXrVvQisB5iweq5X0KO61Bq4HgudRtnkQV8uq3AQCoNbSD_1OcuM1DMQZ6AAs0sXdp7tVifLJL3win2KRkk_SvNWdVljahaGtj6DkD2KOBokOo4egP0Y3sQ/s400/key_lime_a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 877px;" /></a><br /><br />At other times, you are within the establishment, often empty and laden with a quiet calm inside as you witness the action outside, separately only by plate glass windows:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">24th Street Pops:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56ywlO49bIqjEoIamG9zbUhHQ4ZYtbDAq5ECm7JVc61IyrV0OHIeoBfSKouylli7jesVEmfSvd3m8gbIcq9_RTbZsdFydkOoUcjByY3NXXt9ATgLdVpomNfoYpRuGNrNRS2uMJdxoSPBw/s1600-h/24th_street_pops.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443095290850048530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56ywlO49bIqjEoIamG9zbUhHQ4ZYtbDAq5ECm7JVc61IyrV0OHIeoBfSKouylli7jesVEmfSvd3m8gbIcq9_RTbZsdFydkOoUcjByY3NXXt9ATgLdVpomNfoYpRuGNrNRS2uMJdxoSPBw/s400/24th_street_pops.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 455px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interstices:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXdGjlRBiP53e48u_AQPkNl0Obhi_vCIECkuJbyexqWJMG5Hvyipk_gN3x24TBEnfdCyyH40OtLfYxDPeSO_iPSHnK93jvfsjhJMv2cCGYZMw03ib-30qCIe2d-ubQcHhDWSzbqrcISmb/s1600-h/interstices.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443095512105790594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXdGjlRBiP53e48u_AQPkNl0Obhi_vCIECkuJbyexqWJMG5Hvyipk_gN3x24TBEnfdCyyH40OtLfYxDPeSO_iPSHnK93jvfsjhJMv2cCGYZMw03ib-30qCIe2d-ubQcHhDWSzbqrcISmb/s400/interstices.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 528px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Get up:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeudl_PvUd0qzj0cCQ6Pz-wgIv1KHarbp38UVZ9Nfs05FDYPNUZuG3G3NjgGXDM9TcDmN4s7m_hjJBa_KwYrf8yrE4gcO3rIjIJ8-iSX51Yy8h-kk7IQoyfU0GqC3jdzl6SAD4ISM5CdtH/s1600-h/get_up.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443102868871675650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeudl_PvUd0qzj0cCQ6Pz-wgIv1KHarbp38UVZ9Nfs05FDYPNUZuG3G3NjgGXDM9TcDmN4s7m_hjJBa_KwYrf8yrE4gcO3rIjIJ8-iSX51Yy8h-kk7IQoyfU0GqC3jdzl6SAD4ISM5CdtH/s400/get_up.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 864px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jump:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5HMOJHAj2i3HabZJejYy0V_pj-5AEpJDO9P_E3Bx8ndFug8yJUKjLS8JO3PRhenLq5e9J9uSK1fD86OStT3AENnmC9rwbzG4JuDDt8oea9g6NSi_g5wIBF-_FUGlaihrUxXlQoNnoAlF/s1600-h/jump.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443102650908947234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5HMOJHAj2i3HabZJejYy0V_pj-5AEpJDO9P_E3Bx8ndFug8yJUKjLS8JO3PRhenLq5e9J9uSK1fD86OStT3AENnmC9rwbzG4JuDDt8oea9g6NSi_g5wIBF-_FUGlaihrUxXlQoNnoAlF/s400/jump.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 773px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Orange Retro:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUbjcxXIBgr4AhMPCGrcE3XZLWFBGmQ5RRoc6X5k-EXR5L0lH1Kcng7PagdKg7WB53D_cplavBNG6to5sWAM-kr8o6sOTDNQftlRcXUKHDKYQU2N0ei7feL7IR4d0eMwrpLlX1lLUzm4/s1600-h/orange_retro.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443125347666444882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUbjcxXIBgr4AhMPCGrcE3XZLWFBGmQ5RRoc6X5k-EXR5L0lH1Kcng7PagdKg7WB53D_cplavBNG6to5sWAM-kr8o6sOTDNQftlRcXUKHDKYQU2N0ei7feL7IR4d0eMwrpLlX1lLUzm4/s400/orange_retro.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 844px;" /></a><br />And still, in other pieces you are a distant witness to surroundings you might often have overlooked or grown anesthetized to unless you saw them imortalized on canvas, as in the following works:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1780 folsom:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Z-sNLAN9muaRbeIx6_Dy9bkTmZv1vfWM8q8-UIAaNUXUZv2LkRLwj7x4fxut3SiiOoOyI6JcmkabWjafJ8ReTIAnAV6uR53kcHzbuVioz_QAX0HE3U7Q8oAJ7IizgpMarDQjz3DOtrwX/s1600-h/1780_folsom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443094756269958162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Z-sNLAN9muaRbeIx6_Dy9bkTmZv1vfWM8q8-UIAaNUXUZv2LkRLwj7x4fxut3SiiOoOyI6JcmkabWjafJ8ReTIAnAV6uR53kcHzbuVioz_QAX0HE3U7Q8oAJ7IizgpMarDQjz3DOtrwX/s400/1780_folsom.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 330px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Fire:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi00VibGZlPhkffjGvO2DGPLt11GOJqUwPugmzIJRQ2Vy7Nv5TPg9ozbGl93K1kZ17dN3rNvccu5kG6f8EjGTK5ft5z_XY74myJdNqkm-9X0nlenHVb7EtSre5_Uu74BX3y_zNCF5HOvk/s1600-h/on_fire.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443119067567005410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi00VibGZlPhkffjGvO2DGPLt11GOJqUwPugmzIJRQ2Vy7Nv5TPg9ozbGl93K1kZ17dN3rNvccu5kG6f8EjGTK5ft5z_XY74myJdNqkm-9X0nlenHVb7EtSre5_Uu74BX3y_zNCF5HOvk/s400/on_fire.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Moving:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghf9zPooYK1zABO-n_r6-7iGNh1GAdktvaMsojIZxzlf4NtgUKW1jir6gMAx5y7or2BmtGNdEtHYVGKKEXsdYc-lxHeZ5nxgfOhlEWmOGbBGzyOiM7Ya0N-Z5QX3GAdKGr-GaT-BRTr1M/s1600-h/moving.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114695486851762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghf9zPooYK1zABO-n_r6-7iGNh1GAdktvaMsojIZxzlf4NtgUKW1jir6gMAx5y7or2BmtGNdEtHYVGKKEXsdYc-lxHeZ5nxgfOhlEWmOGbBGzyOiM7Ya0N-Z5QX3GAdKGr-GaT-BRTr1M/s400/moving.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 711px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Graffiti Series IV:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGf34D5qfYNfAIlXD_V3Bc1KePFuU8OFnMrl0Q1t3JGms_sjNTOmPXfQnwd6ZjNRIBQ1l3k2cY7FwpFEu5lRY0WKd_HbHS01prLFjX0IYQDMEbv6GBjN9reCxm_T8FHGSXYnnpIDovs2y/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Graffiti_Series_IV_1090_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443093164965042946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGf34D5qfYNfAIlXD_V3Bc1KePFuU8OFnMrl0Q1t3JGms_sjNTOmPXfQnwd6ZjNRIBQ1l3k2cY7FwpFEu5lRY0WKd_HbHS01prLFjX0IYQDMEbv6GBjN9reCxm_T8FHGSXYnnpIDovs2y/s400/Steven_Albert_Graffiti_Series_IV_1090_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 335px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blue Girlies:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZzwnp4UZFv3FyoAxIyvjZTWUj9GNfjyhZuyy-tEMC43pvZ4rZAZnAS_lTnxk77A3kLbJ1INpJbIsRBKP5kz5OgD4A8Tk_bK6uZ4l6NS1uj6dLZycA_5eUq3mFCdTYgUOTs5cyE3waWCo/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Blue_Girlies_1260_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443091816906487650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMZzwnp4UZFv3FyoAxIyvjZTWUj9GNfjyhZuyy-tEMC43pvZ4rZAZnAS_lTnxk77A3kLbJ1INpJbIsRBKP5kz5OgD4A8Tk_bK6uZ4l6NS1uj6dLZycA_5eUq3mFCdTYgUOTs5cyE3waWCo/s400/Steven_Albert_Blue_Girlies_1260_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 399px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stroll:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlppBbVD7yQG4vx43uNXoI5JEKG0C4k8Lkj3k4-4M9WiLPjEFuDBGrPtmMeUQ9tHbMWbXDT4uV4yzn3UK-casffF0LLH1q7DxVuXgBb_eeHMW4boF7kVP6DZtrTd8xyT8mH9Z_mbb8ip0/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Stroll_1265_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443091531318598770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlppBbVD7yQG4vx43uNXoI5JEKG0C4k8Lkj3k4-4M9WiLPjEFuDBGrPtmMeUQ9tHbMWbXDT4uV4yzn3UK-casffF0LLH1q7DxVuXgBb_eeHMW4boF7kVP6DZtrTd8xyT8mH9Z_mbb8ip0/s400/Steven_Albert_Stroll_1265_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Swirl:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVuBr86ImLDo9Vh943T8lfgq9T4EwlzGm32ZyN3LGgBZ9WtE1ao4KjvEYqbD_OYGzvb4W3xc3RNI1TlipqadxtbFZTxjM9pR3xCntJ4qBvq70SomBJ-AgmTAGdzUG0anoKv9md6ITra64/s1600-h/Steven_Albert_Swirl_1266_69.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443091327446063554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVuBr86ImLDo9Vh943T8lfgq9T4EwlzGm32ZyN3LGgBZ9WtE1ao4KjvEYqbD_OYGzvb4W3xc3RNI1TlipqadxtbFZTxjM9pR3xCntJ4qBvq70SomBJ-AgmTAGdzUG0anoKv9md6ITra64/s400/Steven_Albert_Swirl_1266_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 528px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artist bio:</span><br />From the forests of Northern Maine, where he was raised,to the streets of San Francisco, Steven Albert's paintings have always been informed by patterns of clear, bright sunlight and shadows.<br /><br />Although architectural designs dominate his imagery, doors and windows are often the focus, creating a sense of portal into often missed aspects of our concrete reality, whether it be rooms of mysterious and zen-like calm, or the fractured and frenetic multiplicity of urban cafes and storefronts. Albert seeks to highlight the small moments, common in our lives, but often unexperienced.<br /><br />Albert's work is represented by galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York and has been exhibted in various museums and venues around the country. His paintings are included in several important collections worldwide. In 2006, he was awarded a Pollack-Krasner Foundation grant.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artist's Statement:</span><br />In my paintings, I begin by discovering and drawing out abstract, linear and spatial order from the seemingly random activity of commonplace situations, such as those found sitting in or walking by cafes and restaurants where so many elements of normal life converge. Architectural elements are used as a sort of scaffolding to frame, and fracture the picture plane and illusionistic spaces, creating something of a kaleidoscopic collage.<br /><br />Objects and events like interior/exterior, people, streets, cars, tables, chairs, cups, napkins and trees, are held together by a unifying, realistic rendering and warm, bright light, shadows, and reflections luring us in.<br /><br />With no object or figure deemed more central or more important than any other, the paintings are subject-less and decentralized, seemingly expanding beyond the confines of the canvas. The final images compel, disquiet and reassure. Comfortable inviting moments are answered with jarring complexity, and sometimes confusion.<br /><br />They are still, silent, possibly ambiguous, yet frenetic, complicated and active. They are without emotional or narrative context, moral or politic. They are also without existential probing and anxiety. Viewers may decide to impart such meaning depending on their own personal experiences and reactions. Instead, the paintings are distillations and attempts at acceptance of the ever changing and ungraspable and inescapable and unedited "now", brimming with imminent and potential energy. They delight is simply being "slices of life," stumbled upon and easily missed, inviting contemplation of the moments and structure within our surroundings.<br /><br /><a href="http://steven-d-albert-art.com/">Steven D. Albert</a><br />ph: (415)-225-2960<br />sdalbert2@gmail.com<br /><br />KOPLIN DEL RIO GALLERY<br />6031 Washington Blvd.<br />Los Angeles, CA 90232<br />ph: (310)-836-9055<br /><a href="http://www.koplindelrio.com/">www.koplindelrio.com</a><br /><br />HESPE GALLERY<br />251 Post Street , Suite 420<br />San Francisco, CA 94108<br />ph: (415)-776-5918<br /><a href="http://www.hespe.com/">www.hespe.com</a><br /><br />GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY<br />511 West 25th Street, Ground Floor<br />New York, NY 10001<br />ph: (212)-645-2621<br /><a href="http://www.georgebillis.com/">www.georgebillis.com</a>

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More Jell-O Please. An Update On Liz Hickok's Wiggly San Francisco.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgMGQpmE2mcdNP77G7IPowRDoAMJI0Jbx0lfXanfnZfTfCW6MRkwT87FEdoRgXOUs45v6KvMQ-BLjggtcG5Remof6362MC5UFP7nNg5utSMCW8G7yji97EJ3SoiIhje_CwGEYXeox4nkg/s1600-h/15coit_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421160808941810114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgMGQpmE2mcdNP77G7IPowRDoAMJI0Jbx0lfXanfnZfTfCW6MRkwT87FEdoRgXOUs45v6KvMQ-BLjggtcG5Remof6362MC5UFP7nNg5utSMCW8G7yji97EJ3SoiIhje_CwGEYXeox4nkg/s400/15coit_lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 543px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Coit Tower and San Francisco made of Jell-O by Liz Hickok, 2009</span><br /><br />It's been a few years since I wrote about artist Liz Hickok's Jell-O casts in my post <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/02/san-francisco-no-room-for-parking-but.html">San Francisco: No Room For Parking, But There's Always Room For Jell-O</a>, and at the time, the images I shared with you were her works from 2004, 2005 and 2006.<br /><br />Since then she continues with the project and I'm going to share with you more of her wiggly versions of the City By the Bay from 2007, 2008 and 2009. As well as some of the molds and installations.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eVtVRL3K7R0C4l0QdKJz6qj3-gwS12Ofejpib-r8Vpb6RmqWaMUTQlVQro3J3eu08rMCbBN8FCGBQYLxofPFxxFZT1OQekN4k1_LdacYhSKR2qPwD_1SfuTIStw-D1XQuCzS6WgNlfSm/s1600-h/liz-hickock-twin-peaks-jello-fog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421162738534433874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4eVtVRL3K7R0C4l0QdKJz6qj3-gwS12Ofejpib-r8Vpb6RmqWaMUTQlVQro3J3eu08rMCbBN8FCGBQYLxofPFxxFZT1OQekN4k1_LdacYhSKR2qPwD_1SfuTIStw-D1XQuCzS6WgNlfSm/s400/liz-hickock-twin-peaks-jello-fog.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 425px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: the artist and the application of 'fog' to the mold of the city</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-k4ROltYb1-IQ-FS4dJeH3RO_oIN7VLrULHs_1sP3Qqu2hw-2L8b-ZSArV_rTi6QMYwRnrogdGJxiRLAWW6hz59VQWU7IIvEcIvf31vduSUayBCa2G-cY8W2ELSUNZv1Aky96s-IR1vz/s1600-h/med_3city.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421165810297990482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-k4ROltYb1-IQ-FS4dJeH3RO_oIN7VLrULHs_1sP3Qqu2hw-2L8b-ZSArV_rTi6QMYwRnrogdGJxiRLAWW6hz59VQWU7IIvEcIvf31vduSUayBCa2G-cY8W2ELSUNZv1Aky96s-IR1vz/s400/med_3city.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 421px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The artist sells c-prints of photos of her molds, like the one above, as well.</span><br /><br />The project consists of photographs and video, which depict various San Francisco landscapes. She makes the landscapes by constructing scale models of the architectural elements which she uses to make molds. <br /><br />She then casts the buildings in Jell-O. Similar to making a movie set, she adds backdrops, which she often paints, and elements such as mountains or trees. She then dramatically lights the scenes from the back or underneath. The Jell-O sculptures quickly decay, leaving the photographs and video as the remains.<br /><br />The view from Alcatraz, 2007:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp5Fh1dtDmxAtZ1Cxz5cANEs2OzLCNquYz-Wq2Rc7We_uzV9nwndM4zx2UjdoF52vHppd6jQcK0mNyFlMZFlE6-AmoyQE4qh-oMZqLko1icIybiolaEU-GQAqiYax01bX__Jbjwe3j8yL/s1600-h/12alcatraz_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421161058150571442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHp5Fh1dtDmxAtZ1Cxz5cANEs2OzLCNquYz-Wq2Rc7We_uzV9nwndM4zx2UjdoF52vHppd6jQcK0mNyFlMZFlE6-AmoyQE4qh-oMZqLko1icIybiolaEU-GQAqiYax01bX__Jbjwe3j8yL/s400/12alcatraz_lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 165px;" /></a><br /><br />Jell-O mold #1, 2008:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Zk5j7PvGCi6byUJ-lgGPEexwDx721jdJLZ60A5uNk-otUwHxhShg1O9fEBQMh6et2jxNoToMAr1_bOboYYhxdu_FlkHwK1vTRpTXQcfIyL-3UixiNOoRgh0B7J1RTdtTsfY9n-IspMz6/s1600-h/13mold_vert_Lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421161526374026402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Zk5j7PvGCi6byUJ-lgGPEexwDx721jdJLZ60A5uNk-otUwHxhShg1O9fEBQMh6et2jxNoToMAr1_bOboYYhxdu_FlkHwK1vTRpTXQcfIyL-3UixiNOoRgh0B7J1RTdtTsfY9n-IspMz6/s400/13mold_vert_Lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 526px;" /></a><br />Jell-O mold #2, 2009<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYg4qhPKm23yhXLkbqzwzFm4-GhqucIjG6J9J-6D-KJTe1SdeejErd0ljYD61lTrpQLnxlHCeIhFwvOzmif9wwaLu9ARMwvtdTcZsiSxQAFs-o2d7UX7O-VDzHZihStI3TFmFgIC97Z44/s1600-h/14mold_horiz_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421161646405040258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYg4qhPKm23yhXLkbqzwzFm4-GhqucIjG6J9J-6D-KJTe1SdeejErd0ljYD61lTrpQLnxlHCeIhFwvOzmif9wwaLu9ARMwvtdTcZsiSxQAFs-o2d7UX7O-VDzHZihStI3TFmFgIC97Z44/s400/14mold_horiz_lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><br />The installation below was created for the Headlands Close Calls show. It is the Mission District from 16th to 20th Street (North to South) and Harrison to Dolores (East to West).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy9s5mRwkbXGgDQzDOprqT0B3Nx7qATafDgfL63rEQg6So3lrKZFjzgs4e2-uJR8zuPwncNnxvulasTAJMz5WZtc4bjqIxjr0cIqxF2RaBxo9ogEDWaWU03yDxKg4hZ2hJzGSrR7S8bY-/s1600-h/L_Hickok_Current_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421162270087324354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy9s5mRwkbXGgDQzDOprqT0B3Nx7qATafDgfL63rEQg6So3lrKZFjzgs4e2-uJR8zuPwncNnxvulasTAJMz5WZtc4bjqIxjr0cIqxF2RaBxo9ogEDWaWU03yDxKg4hZ2hJzGSrR7S8bY-/s400/L_Hickok_Current_lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 398px;" /></a><br />Church close-up:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVxe98MrECiu7REliHyOTn4nTCA9b4i4SZp1SI6QXhcTWXNqqUnLfGsI-279v5eg_MfQqc_P0MI9kEJq6X5a3dgzJ_b12O1QN7cFoiTJYXgT3gi7rPfvAoImpluBmF1YuS19qAkiCDY7v/s1600-h/church_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421162158743689154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVxe98MrECiu7REliHyOTn4nTCA9b4i4SZp1SI6QXhcTWXNqqUnLfGsI-279v5eg_MfQqc_P0MI9kEJq6X5a3dgzJ_b12O1QN7cFoiTJYXgT3gi7rPfvAoImpluBmF1YuS19qAkiCDY7v/s400/church_lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 349px;" /></a><br />Red warehouse view:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-RIeegkI10k_sKPK1ofcfP-roiXt8Qg1LTQibhtsD0K-w_isDvpUgoQO3PsKFsi8iNfgYa8oDVA3mVJjr3lvH_ylazzW5YingKZpDIypOhwVIjdYoxvEGqO4DUf7gIpySEpKu7kIF7TP/s1600-h/red_warehouse_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421162015655063410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-RIeegkI10k_sKPK1ofcfP-roiXt8Qg1LTQibhtsD0K-w_isDvpUgoQO3PsKFsi8iNfgYa8oDVA3mVJjr3lvH_ylazzW5YingKZpDIypOhwVIjdYoxvEGqO4DUf7gIpySEpKu7kIF7TP/s400/red_warehouse_lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 351px;" /></a><br />Dolores Park:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5tbD5kdPINZX05Jo060CzXRnMMdvRWtdIienDw0Qb3fpfgVrSSPIs-ag-MnR2WgZQCIblhCBI3d0nNgJLu9mNvkcvW08ULSS93snon9qzmxOEq4odcpvpwaye2QPZyPRv3A2VDJKcNJD/s1600-h/dolores_park_lg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421161911745873698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5tbD5kdPINZX05Jo060CzXRnMMdvRWtdIienDw0Qb3fpfgVrSSPIs-ag-MnR2WgZQCIblhCBI3d0nNgJLu9mNvkcvW08ULSS93snon9qzmxOEq4odcpvpwaye2QPZyPRv3A2VDJKcNJD/s400/dolores_park_lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 350px;" /></a><br /><br />The molds for San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts and City Hall:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ri_MtR_fiwA8PWUp_oFU3uIxKuwI1kKpHPjAj4Myjhdb7opCkKsGyKlRi0KIWlwTn86hkhus0wOBBXFtYPnxy2j5BVW02IxwI6SEPSNtOjVT3iryrTaqQyLmidCAyHGD9b1E7ioWydZf/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421158338683634402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ri_MtR_fiwA8PWUp_oFU3uIxKuwI1kKpHPjAj4Myjhdb7opCkKsGyKlRi0KIWlwTn86hkhus0wOBBXFtYPnxy2j5BVW02IxwI6SEPSNtOjVT3iryrTaqQyLmidCAyHGD9b1E7ioWydZf/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 238px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpd0YLZXahM3-gnrIq2ercB115LVPQhgx07jufxdIFn5_g-UYmS5LAhC6qrU_8ZZxaP2f16OQJ7D1nZqyCcgfKVrNt03ENrqU9wlvGapek6qyZP6alYO2cilmKtILBwY4EAjDUPTCVJoM/s1600-h/Picture+21.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421158118031928114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpd0YLZXahM3-gnrIq2ercB115LVPQhgx07jufxdIFn5_g-UYmS5LAhC6qrU_8ZZxaP2f16OQJ7D1nZqyCcgfKVrNt03ENrqU9wlvGapek6qyZP6alYO2cilmKtILBwY4EAjDUPTCVJoM/s400/Picture+21.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 238px;" /></a><br />The mold for San Francisco's Ferry Building:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqdSgmOXMLY1jsN0ju0-YJRmo2AUT3ZyWYl59miWffzYvKfFLD4SkpTEmTM1Btvnox7ecWqx993jYJNNeql4nNLiyXmsCl3SwvslfYfsjq3k6u6AGd7ogeUOKM7A3gRzqtYIQRO9wKU83/s1600-h/Picture+22.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421156843283494002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqdSgmOXMLY1jsN0ju0-YJRmo2AUT3ZyWYl59miWffzYvKfFLD4SkpTEmTM1Btvnox7ecWqx993jYJNNeql4nNLiyXmsCl3SwvslfYfsjq3k6u6AGd7ogeUOKM7A3gRzqtYIQRO9wKU83/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 336px;" /></a><br />The molds for the houses:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinj8IKOa0w9CZtiMNhn8ldaYFPHBgSBANgXH0op4_02a8u6BTccOG-pmX5iQdbbKM4KeT6kHQpMFtBKfzb1zAIKvQtta2MVKMOfUSJwYPySTYMI3FoD5Nci_AUPQ3hfQA6DHmFZwx6GudQ/s1600-h/Picture+23.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421155997853317970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinj8IKOa0w9CZtiMNhn8ldaYFPHBgSBANgXH0op4_02a8u6BTccOG-pmX5iQdbbKM4KeT6kHQpMFtBKfzb1zAIKvQtta2MVKMOfUSJwYPySTYMI3FoD5Nci_AUPQ3hfQA6DHmFZwx6GudQ/s400/Picture+23.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 434px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg3d3yHMJEtItrR_1tsit8_bhAjhxn-PQxFqlSS9Je7vHlyoz6MCW_PxzLTNmNdWUAQYdLLqTn9HTXoCkjVC2LfOqEi6dvA_8_CPlPRucuE4rP46DbcouAsPs95KzdN6I2CD8edWes1nB/s1600-h/5blutray_mold_detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421155823650559586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtg3d3yHMJEtItrR_1tsit8_bhAjhxn-PQxFqlSS9Je7vHlyoz6MCW_PxzLTNmNdWUAQYdLLqTn9HTXoCkjVC2LfOqEi6dvA_8_CPlPRucuE4rP46DbcouAsPs95KzdN6I2CD8edWes1nB/s400/5blutray_mold_detail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 370px;" /></a><br /><br />If you've never seen her earlier images of San Francisco cast in jell-O, <a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/02/san-francisco-no-room-for-parking-but.html">check them out here.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://lizhickok.com/">Liz Hickok's site</a><br><br>

More Jell-O Please. An Update On Liz Hickok's Wiggly San Francisco.

above: Coit Tower and San Francisco made of Jell-O by Liz Hickok, 2009 It's been a few years since I wrote about artist Liz Hickok's...

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