Author Archives: Evan Silberman

Mehmet’s 1st Anniversary

Mehmet's 1st Anniversary

Mehmet’s 1st Anniversary, 2017, was painted in celebration of Victoria and Engin’s boy at the one year anniversary of his birth. It is painted on clear canvas acetate using acrylics and mixed medium. I painted the crown, sun and olive branch, the red dot, the underline. They are the details that I drew on first impulse […]

The Unproduced NeXT :30 TV Script

NeXT - Evan Silberman

  During my early advertising days I worked with Steve Jobs on NeXT computers. I was working as a copywriter at the ad agency Ammirati & Puris and for this client I wrote print ads and the sole tv commercial A&P created for NeXT. Recently I found that script. It’s dated November 17, 1989. The commercial was never produced. It’s a 30 second spot and the script, […]

Floral Susan

Floral Susan

I made this for a friend who just moved into a new place. Rather than bring her flowers I painted a housewarming bouquet instead. Floral Susan has red, white, and blue main flowers which reference her father who was a United States Congressman for many years (serving from the Great State of New York) and who recently died. It’s a versatile piece painted on clear canvas, […]

The Chuck Close Mosaics: 2nd Ave Subway

Chuck Close - Mosaic - Detail - 86th St Subway at 2nd Ave - 08

Modern mosaic masterpieces are now permanently affixed to the walls of the new 2nd Ave subway station at 86th St.  And they are glorious. At the helm of this subway’s art direction is the artist Chuck Close.  He’s known for large portraits of head-on facial shots. Huge faces eight feet tall. Here his work is done in mosaic and […]

America’s New Museum on the Mall

National Museum of African American History and Culture - Washington Monument

As soon as I heard that the National Museum of African American History & Culture was opening I went to their website assuming it existed and would be open too.  It was. Featured was a timed-ticket sign up to visit the museum. They were offering the first batch of passes ever offered to the general public. I couldn’t resist. […]

Black and White and Hairy All Over

Black & White Man - Evan Silberman NYC

This was painted on both sides of a clear canvas.   Black and White and Hairy All Over 2006 Acrylics and mixed medium on acetate. 80 x 20 inches I used myself as the template for the figure, tracing myself head to toe. It’s painted on a clear canvas and is weighted by five mirrored ovals at it’s bottom. Look […]

Sidewalk Ads for Relax Massage Therapy

Relax - Your Eyes Are On Rio, But Your Body is Here. Relax Massage Therapy - Storefront sign - by Evan Silberman Ads

For a storefront business in Greenwich Village these days having a sandwich board is ubiquitous. It’s a way to say not only that we’re open but that we have a pulse and that you, the city walker, do as well.   Since Relax specializes in deep tissue massage, as well as general relaxation therapy, the ads […]