I love this artist. I met him twice. Once at the Tulip Festival in Albany about 8 years ago, and once at some other fair around the region the following year. I fell instantly madly in love with his work. His prints literally took my breath away.
He's done some amazing ink drawings of structures around the capital region. My ex-husband and I bought five of his prints, three of which I own but are in my hometown because I couldn't squish them into my Jeep on the way back here without damaging them (one of a building in Troy under a starlit sky which I had to fight for custody of in my divorce. I left everything except my own belongings in that house, but I wanted that framed print of Troy, dammit! He got the other two).
Some day I'll get them back, if I ever visit there again. It's a long trip. 14 hours by car.
He's done a stunning one of the Capital Building. Unfortunately, I lost that one in the split up. I'll get another print of it some day. Anyway, I digress.
Here is his website. I think he's just amazingly talented. I love this one. I need to order it some day and have it framed.
One of the prints I have in Sudbury is of an old Victorian house that he drew to look creepy and haunted. Very atmospheric. When I spoke with him about it, he said that the house actually didn't look spooky at all, but he'd drawn it that way because that is the inspiration that hit him at the time. I think that's skill. To be able to change the mood of something without actually modifying the structure.
Anyway, I love his work. Love. It. Check him out.
2 comments:
<I like a lot this picture , is great , me gusto mucho , me gustan las casas antiguas........
Thank you for the kind words about my artwork. I will be at Garrison,NY mid August (Garrison Arts Festival), and at the Rhinebeck Arts Festival end of September. Hope you get your picture of Troy back! Sincerely,
R. C. Oster
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