The night before the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001, I exited the subway station at the World Trade Center to see this beautiful memorial in front of me. The angelic wings of the Oculus spread across the plaza, and the tribute in light reached into the night sky. There were few people scattered around, […]
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I visited the South Street Seaport in Manhattan for the first time in years on Friday, to scope out the place and make a few drawings, in preparation for my Puzzling Out the Picture reportage workshop that I taught there this weekend. It was so nice to see it again! The Ambrose lightship is still […]
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I’m excited to introduce Armchair Travels, an invitation to travel around the world through the reportage illustration of Studio 1482. We have gathered art from our travels to share with you, in the hopes that while you can’t get out and see these places (yet), our experiences may bring some happiness and light to your […]
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One of the things I love about New York City is that you never know what you might find on a Saturday afternoon stroll. This past weekend Neil and I visited West 116th Street in Harlem, to check out a West African restaurant, since it is Harlem Restaurant Week in NY. As we headed back […]
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Thanks Workbook for featuring my work on your blog – this campaign of illustrations I did for Chase Private Client, on-site reportage drawings of arts & culture in American cities, really was a dream assignment! Pictured above is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) featuring the Chris Burden sculpture Urban Light in front. […]
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Very happy and honored to receive news that the City Explorer children’s game installation at the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital received an Honor Award from the SEGD (Society of Experiential Design.) When Matthew McNerney, then creative director at Potion, called me to do some illustration work for a new project they were beginning, I had no […]
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So excited to be teaching this workshop on Color and Form as well as one called The Figure in Motion at a new event happening soon – The Life Drawing Symposium! A three day event about all things drawing, cooked up by illustrator/educator Melanie Reim and myself as we strolled through the Egon Schiele exhibit […]
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About a week ago, I heard that the Society of Illustrators sketch night was going to be a Moulin Rouge theme, hosted by the incredible Bill Donovan. I took the opportunity, as my friend Kati said, to have “my own personal Toulouse-Lautrec experience.” Apparently I am not the only one who harbors this fantasy, […]
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Nice to receive news that a series of illustrations I did for Forager boutique liquors have been shortlisted for the CA 2019 Illustration competition! I’m honored to be included with so many talented illustrators, and I’m sure that the elegant design by Patty Driskel-Devlin and Mark Oliver contributed to the overall impact of the […]
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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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