Tag: robert beck

Nobody is immune from a twist of fate that puts them on the outside, with no way back without help.

To be classified as a “diner,” you need the large, multi-page menu describing the Great American Foodbook.

Inside Epices Bakery with Robert Beck.

The chapels are called the Seven Chapels of the Tongues because they are dedicated to non-English-speaking persons.

It’s commonly the case that the larger the organization I approach to paint, the greater the odds of encountering some...roadblock.

#4: The hand flashing red is as good as green, and #5: Any gap that exists can and should be filled.

It can get frenetic out on the sidewalk amidst all that expectation.

The steam vent pipe’s charm is in its look...like a blown-out birthday candle.

The UWS isn't some Northern Territory, but it has its nasty hibernal weather and a few unusual stories of its own.

Set against the blue-black of space, the moon is so clear, so precise, and as close to forever as you get to observe.

Two more guys show up and it gets serious. They play half-court two-on-two. Two more guys make it three-on-three.

A malfunction had caused errant electrification of the surrounding metal infrastructure, including the sidewalk ventilation grills and the light pole.

I had created the forms, and now I would dress them with light and shadow. That’s how you stop time.

"There's just enough human-like articulation to the Frost Giant figures to play with your head," writes Robert Beck of last year's Ramble.

From our small vehicle into a mammoth edifice...It’s huge. The world’s largest Gothic Cathedral.

As I was painting, people would stand in front of me and take pictures of the sign over the door.

If it isn’t handled just right, in a week I start to look like a vegetable brush.

He danced off, waving his hand over his head, not quite blending in, walking on the sunny side of Broadway.

More of Robert Beck's exquisite art and observations.

Unusual discoveries are commonplace at Verdi Square, providing a parallel narrative about where we are as a place in time.