"WHEN THINGS LINE UP"

        The moments are rare, but every once in a while, things just "line up”, 
        and I am grateful every time.

"YARDART" NYC

There is a kind of yardart that goes well beyond the usual donkeys, gnomes,

and flamingos and it is found in a handful of small lot parks around the city. They

are usually tended by an owner with a very specific notion of yard aesthetics. I 

love these places for no other reason than the sheer abundance of oddball 

exuberance and creativity that they present. I will often change course just to 

see what new characters or arrangements might have developed. They are an 

ongoing outdoor performance piece and they change with the seasons.

The fact that these places exist at all given the onerous weight of surreal-estate,

makes them extra special in my book.

This collection on Bedford Ave in Williamsburg is diminished,

but still going...

This yard off E. Houston is also diminished, but seems to be

making a comeback.

These welded scrap metal citizens weather

all seasons.

Coco the Gorilla has occupied this corner off

Bedford Ave for several years and changes 

costume regularly.

This park on the corner of 9th and B in the East Village has fence

festooned with scrap sculptures.

The same park also features changing crochet work

by London Kaye.

all photos © Ken Brown

"THE VERTICAL WORLD"

                                       
                                        A little Spring catch up on the vertical world

Uni-colonel in Union Square

Dogs and drapes on the Lower East Side

portrait by Aine

Life's little pleasures, a new anthropomorphic

veggie sculpture every week.

Soho shadows

Bill ponders... 

all photos ©Ken Brown

"BIG STUFF" NYC MURALS

BIG STUFF...

I have always been impressed by the talent and technique of the street artists 

who tackle the really big mural projects, the ones that involve whole sides of 

buildings. The ability to transform a design or concept to this scale is a truly 

wondrous thing to behold. There is an amazing array throughout the city, but 

I offer this small caveat, I have watched whole areas of once vigorous artistic 

activity in some neighborhoods disappear in a few short years as 

gentrification moves in.  Enjoy these while you can.

Chris Stain in Bushwick

Westside Hwy.

Williamsburg

Osgemeos in the East Village

Bushwick

Spanish Harlem

Jersey City

mural by Dozic Fernandez in Brooklyn

Harlem

Bird-themed homage to John Audubon, Washington Hts.

all photos ©Ken Brown