September 11, 2001. So much has changed since that terrible day in NYC 20 years ago, but for those who lived through it, the emotions are still raw. I recently contributed a telling of my drawings and experience of the events to the “5 minutes of drawing” video series of the Fine Arts University of […]
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Looking back over the infamous year known as 2020, I hope that I can remember to feel gratitude for those close to me and the simple joys of life, and remember the many lessons that the year has taught me. Happy New Year 2021! Here’s to a brighter, healthier, more just, and more peaceful year […]
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Two weeks ago I ran the New York City Marathon to raise funds for Gilda’s Club, an organization that provides FREE cancer support for cancer patients and their families. I ran in honor of my beautiful sister Patty, who lost her fight with breast cancer in 2014. Gilda’s Club provided her with a lot of […]
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Every Easter in New York City, Fifth Avenue in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral becomes filled with folks dressed up in their Easter best, with elaborately crafted Easter bonnets. And plenty of tourists to take their pictures! I strolled around for about an hour this morning and drew a few that caught my eye…Birds of […]
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A few weeks ago I received a call to do an illustration for the Smithsonian magazine – featured in the “Ask Smithsonian” column. It’s a monthly column on the last page of the issue, and my illustration for the November “Q” column asks the question: “Union Station, Penn Station – why do so many major […]
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As I detailed in a previous post, (HERE) I recently had the distinctly unique opportunity to document a group of students from the University of Kentucky as they embarked on a two day “creative study tour” with their professor, Dr. Ryan Hargrove. During the course of the two days, the students met many creative professionals […]
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Above are some screen shots of a drawing of Central Park that I created digitally. The difference with this drawing is that it is totally immersive – you can move into it, pan around it, let it move past you – this is a dream come true for draftsmen! I did this drawing using Mental […]
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On Wednesday evening, I heard that there was going to be a rally in support of the people of Baltimore, in Union Square park in New York City. I decided to go over and see what was happening. When I first got to the park, it seemed like a normal spring afternoon. People were […]
View post →So, today was St. Patrick’s Day. Also my birthday. After spending the morning teaching my Parsons School of Design Illustration in Motion class at Grand Central Station, I decided to go to midtown Manhattan and draw a little of the St. Patrick’s Day parade, and spend the rest of the afternoon at the Museum of Modern […]
View post →Yesterday was the first Sunday in November – in New York City that means it’s time for the marathon! 40,000 people run 24 miles through the five boroughs of New York – Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan. Even though it was [VERY] cold, and Neil and I were out running errands, we […]
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