The Art of Jay Gidwitz
I’m beginning work on the “Deity Series.” I actually started it and a few years back, with about three images, and then got to work on different things.
The idea is to recreate religious imagery of the plethora of Gods in the Hindu religion and perhaps some of the saints from Catholicism. I’m thinking in particular [...]
I’m looking for models to shoot 1940’s & 50’s style pin-up illustrations.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jay.gidwitz/PinUpsProjects#
I would shoot the photographs in front of green screen and then create the (usually sparse) environment in photoshop and then import the image into Painter X to make it look more like an organically painted image.
I would not just be recreating the look [...]
The best part of the night was hanging out with friends, munching on food and sipping (more than a few) drinks.
But also when Richard Fishman, my teacher & mentor and friend looked around the room, and said: “You’re ready for a show. I mean this is a show, but you’re ready for a show.”
Wow! A [...]
My good friend Kathy Honey created a painting titled “First Dip” a while back.
It’s about a child’s first exploration into meditation. The painting is autobiographical: Kathy studied Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi from a young age. (The same man the Beatles studied with in India.)
The David Lynch Foundation promotes teaching meditation to kids in school to [...]
Surrealist nude female figure expressing time and decay
I finally got a decent picture of this model finished.
Most of the pictures I made from this photoshoot received little acclaim. Richard Fishman actually liked this image!
Yay!!
Bride Stripped Bare 2 (Large Glass)
About a month ago I submitted to “The TOPTEN Human in the Moment“– an online competition put on by ARTROM gallery based in Rome.
One of my pieces got in!
The Winners’ Exhibition opens Sunday, May 4th at 7:00pm (Rome time) on artromgallery.com.
The picture was an unpublished image from the Erich Zann posters.
