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Feeling Gray Today

Howard Lyon

-By Howard Lyon   Color is a fascinating and challenging part of painting.  It can be defined as hue, saturation and value. Today, I am going to focus a little more on saturation. Saturation being how intense or gray a color is. Before I get going though, I think I need to add a disclaimer to this post. Painting from life is the best way to understand color. Also, photographs of paintings are by no…

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Syd Mead – Future Pastime Exhibition

Donato Giancola

May 7, 2025 - A stunning collection of 40 gouache paintings by the futurist Syd Mead is now on exhibit in a Chelsea gallery in Manhattan. Technically and conceptually brilliant. The work offers a broad range of paintings, spanning five decades of Mead's artistic legacy. Well worth the trip if you are a fan of the genre or his art. It is a real pleasure to examine so many masterpieces up close, attempting to decipher his technical prowess. Syd Mead: Future Pastime 534 W 26th St NY, NY Tues-Sun 10-6pm Hanging until May 21 From the Syd Mead Promotional materials: We are pleased to announce “Future Pastime”, a landmark exhibition in New York City curated by William Corman & Elon Solo, showcasing 40 years of Syd Mead’s visionary paintings. ”Future Pastime” explores the mind of the man who shaped…

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