Interiors

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This painting is from a photo of the Cafe Central in Vienna, Austria.
This is a still life of a vase and tulips on our dining room table.
This painting is from a photography book about Transylvania. I think it is from the inside of a former aristocratic residence that is now a home for children. It reminded me of one of the hallways in Horvath Mihaly Gimnazium in Szentes where I taught English.
This painting is taken from a photograph from the book, Paris Interiors, by Taschen Publishers.
This is another painting based on a photograph from the book, Paris Interiors.
This painting is of a room in Tibor Kalnoky’s castle in Transylvania. I liked the light as it illuminates the nook with the chairs and Anatolian rugs.
This painting is of the interior of the Budapest opera house.

Landscapes

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This is a copy of “Silent Street” by Hungarian artist, Adolf Fenyes 1867-1945. This street scene is typical of many streets on the Great Plain in Hungary. It reminds me of my time spent in Szentes and Mindszent.
This painting is from a photo of Chartres Cathedral.
This painting is from a photo that I took in October 1993 somewhere in Transylvania. If anyone knows where this is I would love to know the name of the town or cemetery.
This painting is a copy of a Hungarian painting.
This painting is a copy of an unknown painting that I found online.
This painting is of Lake Balaton viewed from the Szentes Camp in Szigliget. It is truly a beautiful place surrounded by vineyards and ancient volcanos.
This painting is a view of Venice from Murano or Burano.
This painting is from a photograph that a friend took which took first place in her local art show. I found it interesting to see the black and white cows in a colorful, fall forest. The black on the cows needs to be adjusted though.
This is a copy of another painting that reminds me of Pheasant Valley Farm where I go pheasant and chukar hunting with my dog, Dude.
This painting is taken from a photograph taken by Istvan Kovacs of Dorgicse, Hungary near Lake Balaton. It is a beautiful region with vineyards and lavender fields.
This painting is a copy of another painting that I liked.
This painting is taken from a photograph of the Polish countryside. I particularly like the dramatic transition of the sky from deep ultramarine blue to light cerulean blue at the horizon.
This painting is of the castle at Lillafured. It’s not a bad painting and the fall colors are ok, but the castle seems off for some reason.

Architecture

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This painting is a copy of Edward Hopper’s 1907 Notre Dame.
This painting was taken from a photo outside of our room on our honeymoon in 1999. We stayed at the Altstadt in Vienna.
This painting is of Eger in Hungary.
This painting is a copy of a painting of Salzburg by Marc Dalessio.
This painting is of a baroque hunting lodge.
This painting is based on a photograph that a friend took of the spires in Prague.
This painting is based on a photograph that I took looking out over the rooftops in Paris from my room at the Stella Hotel in 1991.
This painting is based on a photograph of a street in Segesvar, Transylvania.
This painting is a copy of another painting that I liked.
This painting is a copy done by one of my favorite painters, John Singer Sargent.
This painting is of the spires in Vienna. I experimented stylistically with this one.
This painting is based on a photograph of Pont Marie in Paris.
This painting is based on a photograph of a street scene in Koszeg, Hungary.
This painting is a copy of another painting that I liked. This is from the school of painting called Russian Impressionism which I very much like.
This painting is taken from a photograph of Koszeg, Hungary during the early evening. I liked the light of the street lamps reflecting off the yellow buildings.
This is a painting taken from a photograph that I took of Segesvar when I was there in 1993. It is one of my better paintings.
This painting is of the Tihany Church on Lake Balaton. I took the photograph in the summer of 1994.
This painting is of the side of one of the “Blue Houses” in the Transylvanian village of Miklosvar.
This painting is of a church and rectory in Slovakia.
This painting was taken from a photograph that I took while in Paris with my wife, Szilvi, in November 2004. It was dreary and raining and I tried to capture the feeling. I’m not sure it worked.
This painting is a copy of Philip de Laszlo’s “Bronze Horses of Saint Mark’s Venice”. A pathetic reproduction.
This painting is of Segesvar (and birthplace of Vlad the Impaler) in Transylvania.
This painting is of the typical Haussmann architecture of the nineteenth century. This is taken from a photograph in Nantes, France.

Portraits/Arckepek

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This is from a photograph of my father when he was in his mid-fifties. I was given the photograph by one of his lady friends a few weeks before he died at age seventy-nine.
This is a portrait of my wife’s uncle, Janos. He is a shepherd who tends to his flock of sheep on a small farm between Mindszent and Hodmeovasarhely. I was very happy with how this painting came out and it pushed me to continue painting.
This is a portrait of Gabor Rozsa, who was a author, historian, amateur photographer and former curator of the Koszta Jozsef Museum in Szentes. He was also quite a character. This is from a photograph of him playing the violin which he did with Katalin Mucsi every Thursday, and I was invited to watch and sample their wine.
This is a portrait of Hungarian-born historian, John Lukacs. This was taken from a photograph that I found on the internet. He was a good friend and mentor to my wife and I as he lived only half an hour away. We had many cherished dinners together laden with wine, delicious food and stimulating conversation.
This portrait is of Kaiser Wilhelm II. This is from a colorized photograph that I found on the internet. What struck me about this image was the blue eyes and the off-white background.
This is a portrait of Kristof Szalay-Bobrovnicky who is the current Hungarian Minister of Defense and former Hungarian Ambassador to Great Britain. As in the case of my portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II, I have no connection to the person, but from an artistic point of view, I liked the dramatic black background and really the only color coming from his face and hand. The painting also conjures up visions of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
This portrait is of yours truly. I wanted to portray the image of a bumbling, Biedermeier, hunting character not too intent on hunting but enjoying the outdoors with his dog.
This is a portrait of Gabor Bences, one of the Hungarian Hussars who parade for festive events or stand guard at the Castle.
This is a copy of a portrait of Francis Korbay by Philip de Laszlo. Again, not much of a connection here other than the lush skin tones and the dramatic dark background.
This painting is a copy of another painting that I saw on Ebay but was way out of my price range.
This painting is a copy of a painting that hangs in a pension in Pecs, Hungary. A friend took the photograph of the painting on the wall behind the receptionist’s desk. I liked the painting so I decided to copy it. If anyone has more information on the painting or pension, please let me know.
This painting is of Sherif Mahmood. I did a project called the “Faces of Lansdale” in 2012 when I was the mayor of Lansdale. I painted sixteen portraits of different residents of Lansdale. This one came out particularly well.
This painting is another from the “Faces of Lansdale” project. This is Dick Stricker, who was a member of the Lansdale Historical Society and colorful character in town. You can read more about him in my blog, https://mayorszekely.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/dick-stricker/.
This painting is another from the “Faces of Lansdale” project. His name is Stan and this photograph was taken before the Memorial Day Parade in Lansdale in 2012.
This is a portrait of my daughter, Emmi, using the painter Anders Zorn technique using only four colors: ivory black, titanium white, vermillion red and yellow ochre. Unfortunately, this photo was the best that I could get, and it looks like she has severe bruising on her forehead. There is also some reflection of the varnish off her nose. In person, the painting is better.
This is a portrait of my daughter, Anna, also using the Anders Zorn technique. Unfortunately, I struggled with this painting in part because the photograph is not the best. Lesson learned that a bad photograph makes for a bad painting.
This portrait is of my lovely wife, Szilvia. It’s not bad but painting women is more difficult than painting men for obvious reasons.
This portrait is of Prince Philip. I liked the pose and the bowler hat and the age in his face– something that women don’t appreciate.
This portrait is painted from a colorized photograph of a soldier from WWI.
This painting is a copy of a portrait of Generaloberst Arthur Arz von Straussenburg, who was the last Chief of Staff of the AustroHungarian Army (my great uncle, Laszlo Szekely, served under in him in WWI). Here, I liked the color combination and the slightly green background.
This is a self-portrait that I did in 1997. I’m not sure what to make of this one.
This painting is a copy of the “Madonna del Granduca” 1505 by one of my painting idols, Rapheal (1483-1520).
This portrait is a combination of another dog portrait and my interpretation of my Black Labrador, Dude.
This portrait is a copy of a study of a horse by Alfred Munnings (1878-1959). His paintings are wonderful.

Still Lifes

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I loved the dark background and brilliant orange and lush Persian rug. Hats off to the original artist. As they say, the highest form of a compliment is imitation.
This is a painting done from a photograph of oysters that I shucked. And then ate. I was inspired by the oyster paintings done by Manet and Caillebotte.
This still life painting is a copy of another painting done by the Hungarian painter, Robert Berenyi.
This is a copy of another painting of a turnip.
This is a copy of another painting. I like the lushness of the oriental rug behind the teacup.
This painting of an avocado is a copy of another painting.
This is a copy of another painting that I liked.
This painting was done from a photograph of quail in Garden & Gun magazine.
This painting is a copy of the Goldfinch 1654 by Carel Fabritius (1622-1654).
This painting is a copy of another painting that I liked with anchovies or smelts or some other small fish.

Mountains

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Something about the onion domes and the pastels of Central European baroque churches and the background of the Alps is lovely.

This painting is based on a photograph of one of the more famous spires in Innsbruck.
This is a copy of another painting that I liked.
This is yet another copy of a painting that I liked.
This is a copy of a painting by Ken Howard (1932-2022), who was an English painter who painted a lot of smaller paintings of Switzerland and Venice.

Hungarian masters that I have copied

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The original was done by Jozsef Koszta, “Corn huskers”.
This painting is a copy of Karoly Ferenczy’s “Oktober”.
This painting is a copy of Adolf Fenyes’ “Silent Street”.
This painting is a copy of Philip de Laszlo’s portrait of Francis Korbay.
This is a copy of “Landscape at Nagybanya” 1922 by Valer Ferenczy.
This painting is a copy of Karoly Ferenczy’s March Evening/Marciusi Est painted in 1902.

Budapest

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This painting of Budapest is large, 2’x4′. This painting was done from a nighttime photograph. What is surprising about this painting is how the sky came out, and what I also like is the orange/red of the dome of the Parliament building to draw the eye. One criticism I have though is that the Bridge should have a slight arch– it is too flat.
This is small painting of Budapest, 8″x10″. My next-door neighbor happens to be Hungarian, and she is a much better artist than I am. She changed the feel of this painting and improved it by telling me to put the blue in the foreground of the Chain Bridge which made a nice difference.
This painting is of the Sikator in Buda looking towards Pest. The right half of the painting is fairly good with the shadows on the white wall, but I don’t think I succeeded in getting the light and shadows right on the yellow building.
Margit Bridge. Not a great painting.
This is of a building in Budapest. I think; it might also be a building in Pecs. I was painting this outside in my backyard when my daughter, Anna, who was three years old at the time, picked up my brush and made a broad, bold stroke on one the shadowed areas and it worked. I like to think that this building came out in the manner of John Singer Sargent. If anyone recognizes this building please let me know.
Another painting from the Buda Castle District. This was a quick study and it’s not bad. The Buda Castle Lutheran Church is in the background.
This is a view of Buda. This is a very small painting, 4″x12″.
This painting is of the old Elizabeth Bridge. I took more than a few liberties with the colors as the photograph that this is based off of is a black and white.
This painting is of the Chain Bridge in Budapest. I took this photograph in 2007. I like this painting but there is something about the unevenness of the lions that I’m not sure if I like or not.
This painting is of the Budapest opera house.

Mindszent, Szentes and the Great Plain/ Mindszent, Szentes es az Alfold

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This photo was taken by my wife’s elementary school physical education teacher. The location is on the Great Plain not too far away from my wife’s hometown of Mindszent.
Here is a view towards the Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church from the levee that runs along the Tisza river. This is the church where we were married in April of 1999 which is when the photo for this painting was taken. 8″x10″
Here is quick study of Tisza Road which is where we ride our bikes on to go to the Tisza River from grandma’s house. 9″x11″
This painting is of a small, side street (which isn’t really a street) off of Klauzal Street in Szentes. I loved riding my bike past this bright yellow house. Some of these small houses in Szentes reminded me of small houses in the Caribbean.
Here is one of the most photographed views in Szentes which is now a painting. The Saint Anna Catholic Church is in the background along the Kurca which is a backwater of the Tisza. Somehow, the onion dome of the church doesn’t look right.
This painting is of a farmhouse on the way from Mindszent to Hodmezovasarhely.