John Azelvandre

Fall foliage has come to Kingston! Pics from Hasbrouck Park this past weekend. #kingstonny #hudsonvalley

Hobble-Bush (Viburnum lantanoides), somewhere on or near the Escarpment Trail, Catskills, NY, September 27, 2025. Shot with the Fujifilm X100F

Another shot of the Hobble-Bush, with delicious fall colors. #catskillsny #fallfoliage #fujifilm

Hobble-bush (Viburnum lantanoides), on or near the Escarpment Trail, Catskills NY. Taken with the Fuifilm X100F

Fall foliage on or near the Escarpment Trail, Catskills, NY. Taken with the Fuifilm X100F

We are in full autumn here in Kingston, New York. The foliage colors have been somewhat muted until this week, owing to the dry weather, I think. Here are a few shots taken on or near the Escarpment Trail in the Catskills Park at the end of September. #catskills #fujifilm #hobblebush

Day two of #gowanusopenstudios has started. Here are some of the “Time-Being” watercolors I have on display. #watercolor #artistsonbsky

Yes, absolutely!

Yours truly in the studio today 🐻‍❄️ #artistsonbsky

Gowanus Open Studios is happening now. I made it down to Brooklyn and am more or less set up. #gowanusopenstudios2025

“Yellow Sky (Lifeworld Study)”, oil on canvas, 10x10”, 2022.

Here is the final painting in my Gowanus retrospective. Today is the day! If you’re in NYC this weekend, look us up! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Frozen (Lifeworld study), oil on canvas, 10x10”, 2022.

Lifeworld study, oil on canvas, 10x10”, 2022.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Sunset on the marsh (Paysage planétaire (sunset)), oil on canvas, 24x24” (60 cm sq), 2022.

“Cedar Swamp (Lifeworld 46)”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2022.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“The Tree’s Dance (Dharmadhatu 3)”, oil on panel, 18” diameter, 2021.

“Green Fog (Lifeworld 47)”, oil on canvas, 2022.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

Common Grave VI, oil on canvas, 20x16”, 2021

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Common Grave II”, oil on canvas, 20x24”, 2020

“Common Grave v”, oil on canvas, 20x24”, 2020. The numbers in the titles represent their order in the polyptych, not the order they were completed.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

I’m in Kingston, NY - the Hudson Valley ecoregion. What would that be?

“The Tree’s Perspective (Dharmadhatu 1), oil on canvas, 20” diameter, 2018.

“Landmass Flow (Dharmadhatu 2)”, oil on canvas, 20” diameter, 2018.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Common Grave III”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2018. These paintings are part of a double triptych (6 parts) I created 2018-2021.

“Common Grave IV”, oil on canvas, 2018.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

Lifeworld 32, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2015

Lifeworld 34, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2015

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

And weakness, especially moral weakness, is learned.

“Midsummer Flowering (Lifeworld 29)”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014. I did a lot of interesting work in 2014.

“Universal Bloodstream (Lifeworld 31),” oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

Lifeworld 27 (View toward Roosevelt Island), oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014

Lifeworld 30, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Le Poulpe (The Octopus),” oil on canvas, 24” diameter, 2014. This piece was created for a group project by the Gowanus Swim Society artists’ collective titled “Submerged.” We exhibited this project at the Governor’s Island Art Installation that September. I read Jules Verne’s “Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers” as inspiration.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Lifeworld 21”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Lifeworld 23”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014.

“Lifeworld 24”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014.

“Lifeworld 25”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

Our big event is now just a little more than two weeks away! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #gowanusopenstudios #gos2025

Announcing this year’s Gowanus Open Studios – My Farewell to Brooklyn Manomayakaya #3 (Let it pervade everywhere), oil on canvas, 30×30″, 2013 Hello everyone, it is that time of year once again: summer draws to an end and leaves fall. Old lives depart and …

Yes indeed, #gowanusopenstudios is now less than 3 weeks away! Yikes! If you are in New York City that weekend, consider stopping by! Read more about it here: azelvandre.net/artistseye/2...

Farewell To Gowanus - Studio Sale! After nearly 36 years, I am leaving Brooklyn. This year's Gowanus Open Studios, October 18-19, 2025, will be my last. I will have on hand a large number of works I've created in Gowanus over the past...

Preparations for Gowanus Open Studios 2025 (Oct 18-19) are well under way, and I'm on track to share images of the nearly 60 paintings I have in the studio. You can also see all them at once at this link: www.flickr.com/photos/zephy... -- my aim is to SELL all of this work, so all offers considered!

“Lifeworld 22”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014.

Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism

“Skandha 4”, oil on canvas, 24x24, 2013

“Skandha 2”, oil on canvas, 24x24, 2013

Two more from 2013 for my Gowanus retrospective: Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism #malenudeart #malephysique