Senior Open Studios at SVA

Paul with a fraction of his senior project

Tuesday night was the Senior Open Studios at School of Visual Arts. It's hard to believe that this was Paul's final year of school and next week he will graduate. We're so proud of him and all of his hard work. To see more of his final project at SVA, visit his blog http://paulfioreart.blogspot.com.

SVA Junior Thesis

Paul with his completed Einstein

Last night was the School of Visual Art's Junior Thesis show. Paul's Einstein Project looked amazing -- 360 drawings/paintings. It was a wonderful show, all the students did a great job.

SVA Junior Thesis Show '12

Peter appears in one of Erica Zingaro's painting

from her thesis series, "The Stepford Wives"

The Junior Thesis Show is going on at the Visual Arts Gallery at SVA. It's always fun to see what the students have been working on all year. Very impressive. This year's theme was Man Made Monsters.

Back to School

Paul at the Lyric

We moved Paul back to the city to start his second year at SVA. Yay! Go Paul!

Lisa Graduates...

...with honors and a Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Students

Lisa with her two favorite teachers, her dad and Mr. Tom Woodruff

SVA Open Studios

Lisa with a selection of her amazing paintings

Lisa is graduating! Enough said.

School's Out

Fun with chopsticks

We picked Paul up from school yesterday. He had a great first year at SVA and is looking forward to a summer of working and painting.

Graduation

This end is only a new beginning

Paul graduated from High School this weekend. We're so proud of him. He'll be going to the School of Visual Arts this fall. Peter caught this happy moment, just before Paul received his diploma. Yay Paul!

SVA Junior Thesis Show '10

Lisa with her work

Paul and Peter

I can never resist feet and legs against a gallery floor

Congratulations to Lisa and all of the third year illustration students at the School of Visual Arts who did such amazing and inspiring work for their Junior Thesis Project, "Classical Myths Transformed". Lisa's symbolic still life paintings of Hera, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hades and Poseidon are so moody and lush and beautifully painted. We are so proud of her! It was a fun night.

Paul at SVA

Paul on his last day at SVA

Paul spent three weeks at the School of Visual Arts in their pre-college program. He loved art school and life in the city and never wanted it to end. One more year of high school Paulie!

Paul dives into a real meal at Bao Noodles

SVA Junior Thesis Show '09

The end of the night

Congratulations to all of the junior illustration majors at the School of Visual Arts who have worked so hard on their Junior Thesis Project, "Beautiful Losers" currently showing at the SVA Gallery. The work is stunning and there was a tremendous turn out for their opening night. It was a lot of fun meeting Peter's students and watching the excitement of young artists out showing their work.

King of Monday Night, Night

My monday night card in with Peter's Tuesday morning things

On Monday nights, Peter goes to bed before 9 and gets up sometime between 2 and 3 am to drive into New York City to teach at the School of Visual Arts. He gets there way too early but is very proud of the fact that he beat all of the morning traffic. He's so competitve!

Somehow he manages to nap in the car until 7. He gets up, surprisingly refreshed, and has breakfast with his daughter Lisa, a sophmore at SVA, and then teaches 3 classes in a row from 9 until 6. He meets Lisa for dinner and then drives home, arriving anytime after 9 pm. It's a really long day for him, but it's all worth it. He loves teaching and it gets him out in the world for a day and he learns so much.

I always make him a card every Monday night -- some are better than others. It all depends on how tired I am or how inspired I'm feeling. This monday night's card came out pretty cute, if I do say so myself.