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I chose
theater as a major focus of my life, having pursued and earned a Master
of Fine Arts Degree in Theater Directing, largely because I felt theater
was the art that encompassed all of the other arts. Self-expression is
the underlying goal of almost everything I enjoy doing. The arts offer
me a chance to investigate my inner feelings and to share them with others,
which I find to be extremely satisfying. One of the things I enjoy doing
is to take something that is considered mundane or insignificant, and
using it to craft a piece of art that may bring some kind of pleasure
to someone or to make them reflect in some way about life and where they
fit in. My father and I once took a piece of a wooden crate and made it
into a Jewish Star, which I still have and which gives me a certain amount
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| Painting |
When
my wife and I visited Paris a few years ago, we enjoyed the wonderful
museums. The paintings we saw served as an inspiration to me. I used to
draw and paint as a youngster and often resorted to sketching out what
I thought the set for a show I was directing should look like so my designers
could incorporate my expectations into their efforts. So, I was not completely
strange to working with colors and shapes when, on our return home from
our vacation, that I decided to use the graphic arts as way to provide
myself with some of the good feeling I used to get from working in the
theatre. But, I realized the results of my efforts using pictures to express
myself were going to be rather primitive since my familiarity with the
various brushes, paints and painting surfaces were very limited. I hoped
that in time I would develop control of these elements and a certain amount
of technique to allow my feeling about my subjects to come through. |
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| Willard
Hotel Lobby, Memorial Day Weekend, 2004 during the dedication of the
National
World War II Memorial 8-1/2" x 11" Water Color on paper. |
Willard
Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC. Photo from the corporate
website. |
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New
Jersey Shore 2004, Water Color on paper, 9"x11-1/4" |
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Otesaga
Hotel Room 331, Cooperstown, New York, Thanksgiving, 2004
Pencil on paper, 9"x11-3/4" |
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Bayona
Restaurant, French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana, where
we enjoyed a most delicious lunch and met Chef
Susan Spicer. March, 2005, Markers on paper, 7-1/2"x9-3/4". |
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Chair, August, 2005 Water color on paper, 17"x28" (nominal).
Lobby, Melville
Marriott Long Island, NY |
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Library
of the Flemings
Mayfair Hotel, Half Moon Street, London, England, November
2005 Water color on paper, 9"x11-3/4". |
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Friends
home on the bank of a pond in the town of Southold, NY on Long Island,
July 2006, Water color on paper, 14"x17". |
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Title:
A Hustle Bustle Day in the City
Medium:
Oil on Canvas
Size:
24" x 48"
Unframed
The
text painted on to the bottom of the piece reads as follows:
"A
Hustle Bustle day in the City. Saturday, June 24, 2006. Eastbound
on 34th Street after having lunch at the new Junior's and seeing
The Lion King with Sydney and Samantha; their 5th Birthday present.
They loved the show as did their Grandma Mona; but only ate
the fries and the cheese cake; of course, Junior's Cheese Cake,
what do you expect. Bright sky with a light drizzle. Hardly
needed Papa Drew's umbrella. - Drew Kopf 2006"
Signed:
Drew Kopf 2006 at end of painted text and again on car hub cap.
Created:
2006
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