On the night before the night before Christmas, Julia Sverchuk and I were invited by Seth Myers to come to a new 8th St. lounge, Analogue, and see him perform with the Seth Myers Trio – consisting of himself, drummist Will Terrel, and guitarist Joe Cohn. Seth was especially looking forward to playing with Joe, […]
View post →Travers Park is the main meeting point of Jackson Heights. At 8 am on a Sunday morning, it’s buzzing with people exercising, chatting, dog walking, etc., etc. Also, the farmer’s market is setting up for the morning’s business. I went there this morning with Neil to do some drawing (need to practice, even in the […]
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 […]
View post →We were going to see the lavender. When I think of Provence, in southern France, I think of large waving fields of lavender, ablaze in purple glory. I imagine myself sauntering through the fields, running my hands lightly over the violet blossoms, blissfully soaking in the Provencal sunshine and the intoxicating aroma. I would be […]
View post →Recently I had the opportunity to draw the Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s west side from a bird’s eye view. The yards is the rail yards – where the MTA houses subway trains when they’re not in use. So the MTA has leased the air space over the Hudson Yards and it’s going to become a […]
View post →Jackson Heights – a little New York City neighborhood, located somewhere between Pakistan and Colombia. At least, that’s how one of my new neighbors described it. As Jackson Heights is the most diverse neighborhood in the most diverse city (NYC) in the United States, a country of immigrants, I would have to agree. Several months […]
View post →Last week in New York City we had the special treat of seeing Nick Cave‘s HEARD! horses galloping around Grand Central Station. It was a beautiful spectacle, and the best part for me was that they really geared it to the kids. The raffia horses with the Tibetan/Mongolian inspired headgear were on display all week […]
View post →On Friday morning I took a walk through parts of lower Manhattan to document a bit of the downtown area, where power has been out for several days. Hurricane Sandy slammed the Northeast coast of the US, creating a massive storm surge that flooded much of the New Jersey coast, Staten Island, parts of Brooklyn […]
View post →Posting some more summer drawings – been busier drawing than posting this summer; that’s fun. These are a few drawings I made at Times Square at the end of July. I went out with fellow Studio 1482 members Margaret Hurst and Despina Georgiadis and we had a great time just drawing and hanging out together. […]
View post →As Labor Day weekend fades in the rear view mirror, it’s time for me to come to grips with the fact that summer is ending. I have always hated to see the end of summer in New York – warm weather, more free time, and friends coming to visit. This summer is no exception. While […]
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