Gardega http://gardega.com the art of alex gardega Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:08:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Queens Unisphere book cover by gardega http://gardega.com/2011/11/queens-unisphere-book-cover-by-gardega/ http://gardega.com/2011/11/queens-unisphere-book-cover-by-gardega/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:36:10 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=471 Another book cover for ambassador publishing NYC by alex gardega.

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/11/queens-unisphere-book-cover-by-gardega/feed/ 0 Murals NYC by gardega http://gardega.com/2011/10/murals-nyc-by-gardega/ http://gardega.com/2011/10/murals-nyc-by-gardega/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:34:08 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=467 I am in process of painting a mural in a home theater in Brookville, Long Island. Will be done before Nov. 1. I am also doing a video journal of process to be posted soon. If you need a mural by my studio, you can  reach me at

 

 

alexgardega@gmail.com

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/10/murals-nyc-by-gardega/feed/ 0 dali’s tablecloth http://gardega.com/2011/08/dalis-tablecloth/ http://gardega.com/2011/08/dalis-tablecloth/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:17:59 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=463 http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/dali_down_the_drain_VRJGU1WYuN3ju8CZdt8QAK

 

 

Love this story

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/08/dalis-tablecloth/feed/ 0 Odd nerdrum gets two years in prison! http://gardega.com/2011/08/odd-nerdrum-gets-two-years-in-prison/ http://gardega.com/2011/08/odd-nerdrum-gets-two-years-in-prison/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:53:26 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=457 My favorite living painter was just sentenced to two years in prison..He is a saint not a criminal…we should throw the modern trash heap in jail and not the only living thing next to Rembrandt!!!

 

 


 

 

http://mobil.aftenposten.no/a.mob?i=4201363&p=aftenposten

 

rough translation

 

Ok… They claim that in the period from 1998 to 2002, he has sold paintings for 14 million NoK (approx 3 million $) that He has not reported as income. This has been an ongoing case for a while, and now it ended in court. He had a bank box in austria where he deposited a lot of cash (about 900.000 $). They claim that He has done a lot to hide his income that he got from selling paintings. He – on the other hand says that He kept the money there as a security to pay collectors that had complained about paintings They had bought and the paint melted when it became warm and the painings were ruined (He had a problem with his paint mix for a while and many og his works Are ruined). He also claims that he has no idea about numbers, and He couldnt be an artist if He had to know all about numbers and taxes :-) He says that He has paid taxes to iceland, which were supposed to paid to norway. So He claims to be not guilty. Today He was convicted to two years of prison! And probably about 2 mill $ in tax fines.

 

I have started a petition to protest this…PLEASE SIGN


http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freeoddnerdrum/

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/08/odd-nerdrum-gets-two-years-in-prison/feed/ 0 Rembrandt Stolen http://gardega.com/2011/08/rembrandt-stolen/ http://gardega.com/2011/08/rembrandt-stolen/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:50:55 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=452


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/15/rembrandt-drawing-stolen-_n_927561.html

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/08/rembrandt-stolen/feed/ 0 Eyes of Texas http://gardega.com/2011/08/eyes-of-texas/ http://gardega.com/2011/08/eyes-of-texas/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:11:52 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=449 I was commissioned to re-paint one of my pieces..This one is large..4 x 5 foot. Done!

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/08/eyes-of-texas/feed/ 0 Lighthouse http://gardega.com/2011/08/lighthouse/ http://gardega.com/2011/08/lighthouse/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:05:06 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=446 Finished bookcover..will post soon properly.

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/08/lighthouse/feed/ 0 today http://gardega.com/2011/08/today-2/ http://gardega.com/2011/08/today-2/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:32:14 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=442 Working on book cover of Westchester County will document the process…Then I start a 4 x 6 canvas commission which I will also document..The large commission is a copy of the painting on this website (the Cow skull) One thing I dont like about art is the prep work side but I have learned how important doing the right prep is….

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/08/today-2/feed/ 0 back to work http://gardega.com/2011/08/back-to-work/ http://gardega.com/2011/08/back-to-work/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:26:12 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=440

Burying a parent is something so surreal and hard that I have no words to explain…Now, I will do my best to get my butt into gear and work again..Feel like mike tyson hit me in the head with a toyota. Havent even been able to eat or paint….I am a fighter so I will get back in the ring now. I look like ten miles of bad texas road but I will now shave and shower be the rock star champion that gardega once was and quit crying like a little girl…man up or go home…

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/08/back-to-work/feed/ 0 today http://gardega.com/2011/07/today/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/today/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:00:46 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=438 I am off to a funeral…when I get back alex is going into full blown art mode…show in dec..etc back on horse like a true cowboy…been a useless artist for a week…I have things in me to paint I have never had, can I get them on canvas? I will find out.

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/today/feed/ 0 update http://gardega.com/2011/07/update/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/update/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:25:50 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=434 my father has passed on..trying to get my ass back in gear…I work harder than 6 artists combined, trying to find my center again….I am a workaholic and it is very strange to lose my grove…..come sunday I am going to put the pedal back down to the art floor.

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/update/feed/ 0 Oslo http://gardega.com/2011/07/oslo/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/oslo/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:30:46 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=430 My heart goes out to Oslo..I have a close friend there and I was worried when she didnt get back to me for hours…but all is well with her.

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/oslo/feed/ 0 Staten Island Painting http://gardega.com/2011/07/staten-island-painting/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/staten-island-painting/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:53:22 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=427 I painted this for a book cover. It is acrylic and oil on board.

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/staten-island-painting/feed/ 0 THE RAINS Of TITAN http://gardega.com/2011/07/the-rains-of-titan/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/the-rains-of-titan/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:50:24 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=424 I like this blog post title, it should be a book, or a movie. It is almost like the Snows of Kilamanjaro by Hemingway. Titan is one of Saturn’s moons. She has storms and rains and the cassini staelite has been documenting these events..(fairly amazing in my mind)..The rains of Titan are Methane, I dont think you sing in methane rain. (At least not a whole song. ) A saturnal year is thirty earth years–I learned this today. I like to learn such things.

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/the-rains-of-titan/feed/ 0 Man vandalizes Poussin! Classical vs. Modern! http://gardega.com/2011/07/man-vandalizes-poussin-classical-vs-modern/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/man-vandalizes-poussin-classical-vs-modern/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:13:02 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=421 A man in the National Gallery spray painted two Poussins with red spray paint and was arrested. The paintings were not damaged. Classical art will always defeat modern spray paint slop- art.

 

Viva Pouissin!


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/two-nicolas-poussin-paint_n_901946.html

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/man-vandalizes-poussin-classical-vs-modern/feed/ 0 Why I want to own a microscope http://gardega.com/2011/07/why-i-want-to-own-a-microscope/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/why-i-want-to-own-a-microscope/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:03:42 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=417 Who created this universe? What genius crafted our reality?

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/hydrothermal-worm-electron-microscope_n_901833.html

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/why-i-want-to-own-a-microscope/feed/ 0 weird facts about famous artists… http://gardega.com/2011/07/weird-facts-about-famous-artists/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/weird-facts-about-famous-artists/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:29:36 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=407 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/18/obscure-facts-about-famou_n_899475.html#s309279&title=Leonardo_da_Vinci

 

 

A weird fact about gardega is that he has never had Iced tea, tea or coffee..true

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/weird-facts-about-famous-artists/feed/ 0 this is incredible http://gardega.com/2011/07/this-is-incredible/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/this-is-incredible/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:49:29 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=404 http://costofwar.com/en/

 

 

meet the new boss, same as the old boss…the who

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/this-is-incredible/feed/ 0 A hell of a month http://gardega.com/2011/07/a-hell-of-a-month/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/a-hell-of-a-month/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:56:09 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=401 Lost my dad and a dog bit my eye in the same month…. Somehow I always get back on my feet and keep boxing. I was born driven and I never stop moving ahead. I hope the picture doesnt make anyone uneasy, it was handled by plastic surgeon and will be fine…You either cry about what you lose in life or you count your blessings as to what you have. I have a great mom and family and my eye didnt get damaged. I feel the life coming back into me and Im ready to box…  Onward! VIVA GARDEGA!

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/a-hell-of-a-month/feed/ 0 UP house replica for sale! http://gardega.com/2011/07/up-house-replica-for-sale/ http://gardega.com/2011/07/up-house-replica-for-sale/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:37:46 +0000 Alex Gardega http://gardega.com/?p=396 A home builder in utah has taken the time to build a real life version of the home from the Pixar movie “UP.” They did a nice job but the reason I am posting this is to comment on design philosophy..Notice the roof on the right side..it is essentially an arrow pointing “UP” this is called good design…I am sure that was intentional. If you are an artist your eye gets trained not to miss such things…This is the difference between “looking” and “SEEING”

 

Here is more info:

 

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/07/14/cartoon-house-comes-to-life/?test=faces

]]> http://gardega.com/2011/07/up-house-replica-for-sale/feed/ 0