Once again I had the opportunity to travel with Neil to Long Island Aikikai in Bayshore and draw while he practiced his Aikido. Each class starts with a few moments of meditation. Sensei Hagihara is leading the silence…
Then after a few moments of reflective meditation, it’s time to start the flipping!! I never will get [...]
Recently the irrepressible Liz Steel was in town, and Margaret Hurst and I had the pleasure of meeting her in Central Park for an afternoon of drawing. What a beautiful day we had! Simply gorgeous, tailor made to impress (not that I’m trying to, but Liz is traveling for four months across the globe, and [...]
I recently had the opportunity to travel, draw and teach through Barcelona and Paris – what a great summer plan! : )My first day in Barcelona and the first drawing I made there (above) was of the Casa Batllo by Gaudi, a building I have wanted to see for about 20 years. It looks like [...]
So no post for quite a while, I have been on the road in Barcelona, Paris and, most recently, Portland Oregon for the first annual Urban Sketchers Symposium!
Now that I’ve unpacked my bags and am getting (finally) over a cold I brought home with me from the West coast, I have a lot of drawings [...]
Queens, New York, is the most ethnically diverse city in America. Or so they say, so when I was hanging out in a park in Queens one recent Saturday morning I was not surprised to see some Chinese practitioners of Tai Chi. I decided to do some drawings, as I love drawing the figure in [...]
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My book, September 11 2001: Words and Pictures, is available now.
Please visit sept11wordsandpictures.com to order. Thank you.
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I am happy to say that I am going to be one of the instructors at the 1st International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Portland Oregon this July! It will be a three-day workshop taught by several of the artists whose work [...]
Give to the Earth and She’ll give back. The truth is, every day should be Earth Day.
My fellow Studio 1482 member Greg Betza posted an interesting link on our One Drawing a Day blog, check it out!
Yes, spring is here and with it comes the urge for spring cleaning. There were so many unwanted blog comments waiting approval on my blog (how does 2500 grab you as a number?) that I decided it was time to delete them. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted some comments on my posts that I really liked! [...]
Several years ago I had the amazing opportunity to reportage “Semana Santa”, or Holy Week, in Seville, Spain. Holy week is the last few days of Lent leading up to Easter, a very important time in the Catholic faith. In Seville it is a major event. Starting on Holy Thursday and going up until Easter [...]
My book, September 11th, 2001: Words and Pictures, has just been published by vero press. The book is a first hand account, through my words and reportage drawings, of the events of September 11, 2001 and the weeks that followed in New York City. The drawing shown above is from the book, portraying police officers [...]