Several years ago I had the amazing opportunity to reportage “Semana Santaâ€, 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 […]
View post →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 […]
View post →SNOW DAY!! A day of joy for all the little children who slide down the big hill behind my apartment building. I can hear their laughter drifting through the window as I’m typing this. The snow in New York City is swirling and dancing through the air and the children are slipping and sliding in […]
View post →In response to the earthquake in Haiti, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each donated art to raise money on behalf of the victims in an effort to support the appeal for funds by CARE, a leading humanitarian relief organization. From January 19 until February 8th please visit onedrawingaday.com to see how you can participate […]
View post →To welcome the New Year I’ve posted some drawings I made at the Temple of the Peaceful Dragon, Ryoan-Ji , in Kyoto. This reflects my desire for a calm and peaceful 2010, both personally and in the world at large. Happy New Year; welcome 2010!
View post →As the days of freezing rain, slush, sleet and snow arrive in New York City, I like to console myself up with memories of warmer climes. This is my interpretation of a mango tree – the ones that hung over the back porch of Marg‘s brother Billy. Just reach up and grab a mango for […]
View post →The image above is from a holiday animation I had the opportunity to do this year for RiverTown estates in Florida. I had a ball with it – it’s all hand drawn animation, frame by frame, with a little After Effects magic added in, thanks to my friend and fellow Studio 1482 member Eddie Pena. […]
View post →Last Wednesday night, Thankgiving Eve, I traveled up to the Museum of Natural History with Neil to see the annual balloon blow up for the Macy’s parade in NYC.  It really gets me in the mood for the holidays – I try to go every year. I love the surrealism of seeing these giant cartoon balloons tied […]
View post →Friday morning I got myself downtown to Broadway to do some reportage of the Yankees Victory parade up the ‘canyon of heroes’. I hopped on the #4 train and went to the Wall Street station, where this sight met my eyes – – – The Yankee fans were lined up five deep already! I maneuvered […]
View post →Some drawings and observations from a recent concert I attended at Carnegie Hall in NYC: The full scale of it all. The conductor conducting wildly and the harpsichord player with the baroque beehive. The singer steps out for her solo. The battle of the vocal egos. A box seat. The diva. With a nod to […]
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