Second opening was for DFN gallery’s new location in the 80’s for the last day of Alyssa Monk’s show “Oil and Water” Each of the images display a figure trapped in water smashed against either glass or clear ice. In the painting “Koi”, the figure seems content in her underwater accommodations and has become accustom to the world around her. The painting has a beautiful mixture of lose gestural paint handing and tight rendering. Each of the six to seven foot painting embodies an emotion of how people interact with their given environments and often are trapped within them.
Back in Greenpoint where I have been spending hours upon hours, it was finally time for me to find a watering hole close to my studio. The Pencil Factory on 142 Franklin st, provided a few beers that I’ve yet to have. First was the Troeg’s Dreamweaver, but the Anchorsteam a beer created in the ancient art of brewing from 1896. The Anchor Brewing co., a San Francisco based brewing company brought me joy, in the form of a perfectly poured beer with two fingers of head. This yellowish amber, malty aromatic beer has a 4.9% ABV that is light and complicated on the palette. This is an ideal summer beer, no wonder Californians love it so.
I’m starting to believe I have a love for Indian Pale Ales because every time I see a new one; it has to be tasted, analyzed. I love hoppy beers with high alcohol content and IPA’s never seem to falter in that department. Looking back up at the chalk board in the Pencil Factory, I see Southern Teir IPA and my excitement rises. This Golden yellow beer is equipped with a sweet but hoppy aroma and a 6.9 ABV. This easily drinkable beer which is lighter than normal IPAs leaves your mouth dry. Overall, it’s a good choice.
