looks like L.A. in 2035 will be awesome, something to look forward to when I'm 55....
click on above map to see a closer look at the new metro lines.

courtesy of www.sfcityscape.com
( a San Francisco bay area transit site)

Los Angeles 2035

For all its car culture, the Bay Area's southern cousin has a large and growing rail and rapid bus system. Los Angeles transit maps tend to be of two varieties: the stylish official maps produced by Metro Design Studio and CHK (this map borrows heavily from Metro's project maps), and fantasy maps (there's also this map, the original version of which we developed, for an ambitious but serious citizen proposal). The map below portrays what the L.A. system should look like in 25 years, based on the Measure R tax plan approved by voters in the 2008 election (note that it does not includes two projects that haven't yet been defined, in the 405 corridor over Sepulveda Pass and along the Santa Ana Branch right-of-way). The map also suggests a design direction we believe Metro ought to consider: while geographic accuracy over such a vast scale (this maps covers roughly 2,000 square miles) requires design compromises, Tube-style maps only make sense where systems are so complex as to require radical simplification, and where the mental maps of most residents aren't more or less built around the road network. So how about a hybrid, like in Washington?

new gallery artist, sculptor Phillip Shore
the bends, 72"x 48" oil on canvas (me)
Starting off the new year with a group exhibition at SGFA. The gallery will have my abstract work up in Laguna and will feature my realistic work in the L.A. Art Show opening January 21st.

contour line drawings

I started teaching at the Montecito Fine Arts School of Design in Brea and Monrovia. Its great to teach kids (high school, middle school) how to draw. We drew donuts on Saturday, a favorite exercise of mine to study organic, eliptical shapes. 

Art Basel Miami Beach 2008

a well shot, humorously edited look into Art Basel, Miami 2008. Speaks to some of the absurdity of the modern art world with no music, no dialogue.

The Art Fair Season is upon us and I am excited to be in two major shows! First Jack Fischer Gallery will participate for the first time at Aqua Art Miami. Go to www.aquaartmiami.com for all the info. Dec. 4th -7th.
taco truck #3 (mariscos) 24"x18" oil on wood
R.V. #3  24"x 18" oil on wood 
orange taco truck 24"x18" oil on wood
yellow camper 20"x16" oil on wood
Sue Greenwood Fine Art will be showing for the first time at the Los Angeles Art Show, January 21-25, Los Angeles Convention Center, Downtown L.A! www.laartshow.com 


Lake View 30"x24" oil on canvas
bridge view 24"x 24" oil on wood
transit study 24"x36" oil on wood
highland park 24"x 18" oil on wood panel
Her Old Volvo 24"x24" oil on wood
Inner Coastal 40"x60" oil on canvas

I won't be in Miami in person this year but look for me at the L.A. Art Show. Feel free to contact my galleries or myself with any questions regarding the shows!