Bernard Vogel

Water Color

This is one of my favorite still life of all time.

Bernard Vogel is a master of using the flat brush and watercolor. The result of is something that could very well be an outer-space image just as easily as a table top. It is truly ethereal, transcending and unbelievably excellent.

Marvin Franklin

A great artist. I am sorry to report he has passed. His work deserves to see the light of day.

8” x 10” ink on paper

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Marvin Franklin Portrait

Marvin Franklin

Ink on Paper created on the subway.

Marvin Franklin died on those very tracks. A promising artist cut down for no apparent reason.

apx 8” x 10”


Marvin Franklin was a subway track worker by night, an artist by day, until he was killed in the line of duty April 29, 2007, while working the late shift. Now there's a chance to remember the man and his work. Beginning this week, the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn displays pieces from Franklin's sketchbook. Take a look at what a close observer of the city's transit system saw every day until March 2008.

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