Medium: Photography
Location: Staple Street
Email: Contact
Phone: 631-805-5109
Website:
www.staplestreetproject.com
www.chriszedano.com
www.intimatenyc.chriszedano.com
Bio: Chris Zedano’s interest in photography emerged while he was processing images at a photo studio. His enthusiasm intensifies after witnessing a friend’s passionate commitment to photography. Chris bought his first manual camera when he moved to New York City in 2002. He began by simply taking casual photographs during [...]

Medium: Jack of all trades, but oil paintings
Location: South side of Union Square
Website: www.absolutearts.com/artfin
Email: jackdiamondart@aol.com
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Apparently this man has done most things in the art world, from the screen to the stage to the canvas. I think he’s from the West Coast. His stuff is catchy and very professional looking. A little above me, I think.

Medium: Oil Paintings
Location: South side of Union Square
Website: http://fineartamerica.com/shop/ralph-nixon.html
Email: keznkaiser@yahoo.com
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A nice guy with a vivid imagination, his work shows a little sorrow, and is very reasonably priced.

Medium: Oil Paintings
Location: One block south of the MET on Fifth Avenue
Format: Palette knife on canvas
Website: www.bayostudio.com, flickr
Email: Contact Form
Phone: (studio) 718-497-0905, (toll free) 1-800-939-2296
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Bayo Iribhogbe’s path has led him from Nigeria to New York, through formal training both at home and here. His knife paints more hauntingly than most brushes. If I had the [...]

Medium: T-shirts
Location: South side of Union Square
Format: Hand painting them
Website: myspace
Email: soignedeluxe1@yahoo.com
Phone: 646-573-1206
Great Ts. I bought one called Bubbles (he’s the fish on the right). And if I wash him carefully, he might not die on me like the last one. And the one before that. And…every pet I’ve ever owned.
Soigné’s better known for his [...]

Medium: Art
Location: Northwest corner of Union Square
Format: Painter and Sculptor
Email: ericjama@gmail.com
Painting movement and dance. He says the characters in his paintings aren’t based on real people, they’re based on his imagination. I’m fairly unqualified to make judgments on art—I’ve neither practiced nor studied it—but as the characters in his dancing photos came out, I started [...]

Medium: Art
Location: Northwest Corner of Union Square
Format: Painting (cityscapes)
Website: http://www.cyberatelier.blogspot.com
Email: iairmat@gmail.com
At Union Square, on the North West side, a small handful of artists hand out. The space isn’t pretty (the Square’s refurbishment plan is still going), but framed by fences these colorful creations stand out. Jude Matmor’s Manhattan landscapes are eye-catching, beautiful and warm. The [...]