If you are walking around Central Park New York City
keep a look out for Tony Bennett painting.
Check the link for photos of some of his paintings
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/ny...park.html?_r=0
Tony Bennett sat on a green bench in the morning calm of Central Park, painting the fiery foliage of a tree reflecting against a duck pond.
He wore a green tracksuit and sneakers. His brush hand zoomed across the sketchbook in his lap. Watercolors blossomed. His head nodded up and down from the page, studying the scene. A brass box containing a palette rested against the heel of his left hand. A small water pot lay on the bench. Beside it, a satchel with brushes and materials.
Mr. Bennett’s talent with a paintbrush is eclipsed by what he can do with his voice, but he has been painting since he was 8 years old in Astoria, Queens. He is 89 now, and his position as an American treasure and New York City’s great crooner keeps him busy — 18 Grammy Awards so far — but for a time he believed painting would become his primary profession.
His life as an artist is known among longtime fans. He signs his works Anthony Benedetto (his birth name) and has published two books of his art. The Smithsonian keeps three of his paintings in its permanent collections.
His identity as a painter is entwined with Central Park, which he says nourishes his creativity and is his antidote to urbanity. He moved to his apartment on Central Park South 20 years ago to be closer to it.
“I live in the city,” he said, “but when I enter the park I’m in the forest.”
He estimates that he has sketched or painted more than 800 park scenes over nearly two decades: men rowing a boat, a loner walking through blinding snow, taxis blurring in night rain. He paints the park throughout the year — if not from within it, then from his studio overlooking it, where a radio is often tuned to a Frank Sinatra station. He goes to the park in the mornings to avoid detection, occasionally with painter friends.
