Comics to Life

  As a child I loved drawing comic book characters.  I have begun to evolve all my old characters and create a universe of my own based on them. The drawing above is a character I created in 1987, obviously influenced by Marvel comics. The middle version was created in 1992 and the right figure […]

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Hot Dog Vendor

Feeling mighty hungry A hot dog (frankfurter, frank, wiener, weenie) is a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry. I live here in New York City and WISDOM tells me don’t touch those hot dogs but sometimes HUNGER gets the better of me. You would […]

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Bonsai for Japan

The purposes of bonsai are primarily contemplation (for the viewer) and the pleasant exercise of effort and ingenuity (for the grower). ~Wikipedia Eddie Peña IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN AND THE TSUNAMIS IN THE PACIFIC, THE ILLUSTRATORS OF STUDIO 1482 HAVE EACH CREATED A PIECE OF ART TO RAISE MONEY ON […]

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Rise Again

“Receive every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God’s goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new – created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing” -William Law The art was inspired by […]

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1482 JAPAN Relief Fundraiser

In response to the recent terrible earthquake in Japan and the tsunamis in the Pacific, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a piece of art to raise  money on behalf of the victims. Your gift to the American Red Cross will support our disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake […]

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