Brad Reyes Art News

New York City People & Places / 2010

2010-05-18T15:37:00.000-07:00

On my way...

Seaport, Lower Manhattan

View of my monoprints purchased by my great friend and patron, Colleen, VP at Odyssey House

Union Square...it was a beautiful Saturday!

At artist David Keeton's incredible studio...his art is awesome!

Art Students League of NY / Vytlacil Campus / Sparkill, NY

"The Poet's Daughter" / Bronze / by Leonid Lerman (my first sculpture teacher) @ ASL Vytlacil Campus

Exhibition of work by Howard Gladstone (right) at Vytlacil. Bravo, Howard!!!

Meatpacking District, Friday Night

Marina Abramovic (in red) performing in "The Artist is Present" @ MOMA. Her retrospective on the 6th floor is incredibly impressive.

On the way home..."Aero" source photo #1 (you may see this again)

"Aero" source photo #2

"Aero" source photo #3

New York City Art Explorations / 2010

2010-05-18T15:27:00.000-07:00

Always looking! In the Greek/Roman marbles at the Metropolitan.

This whole area used to be the cafeteria...now bringing out some impressive sculptures like this one of a youthful Hercules.

I draw this same sculpture every time I visit the Met! I'd like to have one.

Looks like Napoleon shot a cannonball thru this one when he occupied Egypt.

A closeup from a Hockney in the Modern wing of the Met. He grows on me more and more every time I see his work.

A view from a bench in Union Square, and reference for the little abstract sketch below...

"Union Square" / Oil pastel and ink on paper / 4 x 6"

"Danse (I)" / Matisse / Museum of Modern Art

"After Matisse Danse (I)" / Ink and whiteout on paper / 6 x 8". I approached this one by trying to draw the shapes in between the figures and their limbs instead of trying to draw the figures.

Background: Robert Motherwell's "Elegy to the Spanish Republic" at MOMA

Foreground: "After Motherwell's 'Elegy to the Spanish Republic' " / Oil pastel and whiteout on paper.

(The gentleman taking a closer look at the original had been sitting next to me for about 15 minutes as I was tackling this drawing. Not sure why, but love how this photo captures me working, an inspiring painting, and a patron in a great museum at the same time.)

LOCAL Art Exhibition & Dinner

2010-05-18T15:22:00.001-07:00

Painting Raffle Winner Matt Ramage!

2010-03-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

I hand-delivered my painting "Kanehoe Bay - View with Trees" to the office of Matt Ramage of eMarketed today. Matt was the winner of a raffle held at my most recent open studio show and the prize was this piece painted en plein air on the shores of Oahu in 2005.

Congratulations, Matt! Join me at my next one (later in 2010) and you'll have a chance to win an original Reyes, too!

LOCAL Meets Local Art

2010-03-08T16:31:00.000-08:00

Select pieces from my Tribe Series and Portraits of Sculpture Series are on display for the month of March at LOCAL in Silverlake (www.silverlakelocal.com). To celebrate, LOCAL Chef/Owner Jason Michaud is hosting an exclusive “Meet the Artist” dinner on Sunday, March 28 at 8:00PM. Michaud will be personally cooking a three course prix fix menu for only $24! Vegetarians welcome and LOCAL is BYOB. HOLD YOUR SPACE now by calling LOCAL at 323.662.4740

About the Tribe Series
These paintings represent my response to the rapid urbanization in my old neighborhood in Jackson Heights, Queens, I was drawn to a particular construction site where, silhouetted against a crystal blue sky, there was a group – a tribe of sorts – of steel girders. While some stood perfectly straight and ready to serve the next phase of construction, others were not yet in their “proper” position and still more were piled randomly.In spite of their precise structural sameness, each girder that day seemed to exude its own unique identity through color and position. Within days of observing this scene, the individualism within this tribe had vanished as the construction moved forward and alignment and uniformity prevailed. The loss, and recapture, of individualism and identity has personal meaning to me. It reflects my artistic youth overpowered by a ten-year corporate existence, and my reawakening to art and a creative life in 2001.

About the Portraits of Sculpture Series
Is a shadow an object? What color is a shadow anyway? These are some of the questions confronted in the Portraits of Sculpture Series. Through my observation of sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brancusi and Julio Gonzalez in museums from New York to Los Angeles, I was fascinated by not only the beauty and power of the forms, but the quality and complexity of the shadows they cast when on display. This led to experiments in my studio of the influence of light on my sculptures. This investigation yielded an array of drawings and paintings that chronicle the symbiotic relationship of three dimensional forms and the shadows they create. By using a monochrome palette during the conversion to two-dimensional artwork, the distinction of what is object and what is shadow becomes ambiguous and lends support to the notion that there is more going on than meets the eye and that our casual, surface observation of things often falls short.

Open Studio Party Pictures!

2010-03-08T15:20:00.000-08:00

Party and art installations pictures from my open studio in October 2009!

Inside The Reyes Studio

2009-08-31T12:33:00.000-07:00

End of August greetings to you! I was photographing some art work this week and wanted to share some shots of the controlled chaos that is my art studio here in Los Angeles. All kinds of exciting projects, both sculpture and painting, underway as of this writing in anticipation of a show at my studio on October 10, 2009 and in Santa Barbara, CA on November 14, 2009.

Chicago Open Studio Pictures

2009-07-10T18:49:00.000-07:00

The following are pictures of the installation and the party at my good friend Edna Boksenbaum's studio in the Pilsen Arts District on the south side of Chicago. The event took place on June 20, 2009 and details about the show can be found at EBOK/Reyes Open Studio.

Sincere thanks to all the patrons who were able to make it to our show. We appreciate your enthusiasm, support and purchases. We hope the art brings as much enjoyment to you as it did to us in making and presenting it.

Tribe Series #1 by Brad Reyes
Oil on paper
Each 16 x 16"

Tribe Series #2 by Brad Reyes
Oil on paper
Each 16 x 16"

Monoprints by Brad Reyes

Monoprints & Installation by Brad Reyes

Monoprints by Brad Reyes
Acrylic on paper
Each 4 x 6"

Blues Series by Edna Boksenabaum
Digital prints of original ink drawings
Each 17 x 8.5"

Selection from Blues Series by Edna Boksenbaum
Digital print of original ink drawing
17 x 8.5"

Son Seals Tryptich from Blues Series
Digital print of original ink drawings
Each 8.5 x 11"

Son Seals from Blues Series
Digital print of original ink drawing
8.5 x 11"

Final preparations the day of the show.

Liz Mandeville (L) with Edna Boksenbaum (R)
Blues Series by Edna in the background.

Me with Mary Stephenson.

Amy George and Dave Schroeder.
(Thanks to both of you for your
extremely generous patronage!)

Hard at work days before the show.

Tribe Series #1 and #2
before going up on the wall.

Los Angeles Open Studio Pictures!

2008-12-09T16:59:00.000-08:00

The following are pictures from the open studio I hosted at my art studio last month. Thanks to all who made the trip down, and look forward to seeing everyone at the next one!

The Downtown Skyline Exhibition - Oct. 9, 2008

2008-10-08T21:02:00.000-07:00

Installation shots of the space where my new painting, Los Angeles Skyline [Dusk] is hanging. The opening reception is Thursday, Oct. 9 from 7-10pm.

For those in town, the address is The Continental Building, 408 South Spring Street (at 4th Street). There are storefront windows looking in on the exhibition (on the East side of Spring) and Public Parking (on the West side of Spring). See you there!

The Downtown Skyline Exhibition

2008-09-18T16:49:00.000-07:00

Life As A Poet presents

THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE.

12 Artists, 12 Views, 1 Show, 1 Evening

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008

Reception for the Artists @ 7PM

The Continental Building

408 South Spring Street

Los Angeles, CA

OPEN STUDIO - Pictures

2007-06-07T08:36:00.000-07:00

Pictures of the artwork at the show last weekend. Thanks to those who could make it, and look forward to seeing all of you at the next event!

OPEN STUDIO / Brad Reyes / June 2 / 5-11PM

2007-05-31T08:10:00.000-07:00

Questions? Contact Info:
323.351.5439
brad@bradreyes.com
http://www.bradreyes.com/

Brad Reyes Open Studio - June 2, 2007

2007-05-23T12:56:00.000-07:00

Studio Interior - 1547 West Venice Blvd

2007-01-30T11:19:00.000-08:00

After a long search, I found an amazing studio space on Venice Boulevard. Getting settled in and back to work after the move in November 2006.

Holiday Group Art Show - Gower Lofts (Hollywood, CA)

2007-01-30T10:40:00.000-08:00

I participated in a Holiday Group Show in December along with 6 other artists. The weekend long show was a chance for us to show new work and to help raise money for a great charity thru silent auctions of various prizes and an original piece of art donated by each of the artists.

Long shot of the space.

Part of my installation. I showed some recently framed landscape paintings and abstract still life paintings.

Closeup of a Hawaii landscape.

Closeup of a Mexico landscape and a recently completed wood sculpture.

Closeup of monochrome still life drawings in pastel. The frames are handmade and handpainted.

Free hanging installation of four monochrome still life paintings. The frames are handmade and handpainted.

Closeup of Giacometti's Head, 2004. Acrylic on bristol board. 19 x 30 in.

Paintings On Display - Claremont Forum Gallery (Claremont, CA)

2006-10-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

The following pictures are from the October 6th opening reception of the show "Among The Shadows" at the Claremont Forum Gallery. The four monochrome works displayed are from the series Portraits of Sculpture - Real or Imagined. The closeup is of the painting Giacometti's Head. Acrylic on paper. 19 x 30 inches.

These also represent my first try at creating custom handmade and handpainted frames for my own artwork.

Painting on Display - Brand Library Art Gallery (Glendale, CA)

2006-07-16T21:53:00.000-07:00

Below are pictures from the opening reception at the Brand Library Art Gallery in Glendale, CA on July 8, 2006. The seascape I painted, La Bufadora - Tide Rocks, is on display through August 25. This event preceded the Glendale Open Studio Tour on July 9 where over 70 artists in the city opened up their workspaces to the public.

This piece was painted plein air during a weekend trip to La Bufadora in Baja, Mexico in October 2004.

Painting on Display - 2nd City Art Council Gallery (Long Beach, CA)

2006-07-16T21:46:00.000-07:00

Pictures from the opening reception at the 2nd City Art Council Gallery in Long Beach, CA on July 1, 2006. The painting Tribe IV [Queens] was juried into the group show and is pictured below.

Oil Paintings on Display - Downtown Los Angeles

2006-07-08T12:31:00.000-07:00

Three urban landscape paintings are on display at the newly opened Cafe Cafe at 201 S. Broadway (at the SE corner of Broadway and 2nd St) in Los Angeles. All works for sale, with a discount if purchasing all three paintings together!

Here are some pictures of the intstallation...

Development of a Wall Mural by Brad Reyes

2006-05-17T20:20:00.000-07:00

The following images document a mural I completed which is based on a Rodin exhibition I saw at the Villa Medici Museum in Rome in 2001. The final piece measures 76 1/2 x 73 in.

Please email me at brad@bradreyes.com if you would like to learn more about this mural, or how to commission one for your home or office.

Photo Journal From Downtown Art Exhibit - May 21, 2005

2005-05-31T16:09:00.000-07:00

Sincere thanks to all who could attend the Downtown Art Exhibition and Sale hosted by artists Brad Reyes, Avery Clayton, and Ian Putnam. Please join us for the next one!

Bradley Reyes Studio Gallery [Long View]. 2005.

Bradley Reyes Studio Gallery [Far End]. 2005.

Bradley Reyes Studio Gallery [Entry View]. 2005.

Works By Ian Putnam.

Ian Putnam (Right) With Carlton.

Works By Ian Putnam:

Paris. 2004. (Left)
Acrylic on canvas.
28 x 42 in.

London. 2004. (Right)
Acrylic on canvas.
30 x 34 in.

Works By Avery Clayton.

Avery Clayton (Left) With Sam Harris.

Work By Avery Clayton:

Senufo Remembrance. 2003.
Oil on canvas.
30 x 40 in.

Works By Brad Reyes.

Michael and Terri.

Work By Brad Reyes:

Tribe IV [Queens]. 2005.
Oil on canvas.
47 x 10 1/2 in.

Works By Brad Reyes:

Oahu Landscape Series. 2005.

The Party #1.

The Party #2.

The Party #3.

The Party #4.

Downtown Art Exhibition and Sale: Saturday, May 21, 2005

2005-04-11T22:59:00.000-07:00

I am co-hosting an art show with two great artists and friends, Avery Clayton and Ian Putnam. The show is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2005. Preview of artwork from 5:30-7:30PM. Reception from 7:30PM on...

See you in May!

Open Studio Party at Brad's Loft, October 23, 2004

2004-10-26T23:11:00.000-07:00

A few shots of my studio space and guests at the party I hosted last Saturday to preview older and newer works. Special thanks to Elena and my sister Terri and her husband Michael for their help in making the party a success!

Visiting My 2nd Cousins in San Diego

2004-08-09T23:33:00.000-07:00

First meeting in San Diego with my 2nd cousins - the grandchildren of my Aunt Sonia and her husband Dodi Legaspi. This photo was taken in June 2004.

My Studio - 4 Days Until Move In (Taken 6/16/04)

2004-06-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

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Early View of My New Studio (Taken 5/17/04)

2004-05-24T23:35:00.000-07:00

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