I’m finishing a dozen paintings in the next five weeks. Time to apply nose (A) to grindstone (B).

But that’s okay. Deadlines are good. Moderate stress is cool; it motivates good work. I have two solo shows opening this fall: one at the Art Bar in the West Village (opening November 19, 6-9 p.m.), the other at Lolita on the Lower East Side (opening December 11, 6-9 p.m.).

Here are a couple of new ones, to be shown at Art Bar, a show called “Simple Pleasures”: