Remember when they gave you a wing pin of the airline when you flew? Flight attendants were “stewardesses” and “stewards”, and of course you had to make sure to book your seat as far away from the smoking section as you could, as nothing smells quite as bitter and disgusting as recycled air tinged with […]
View post →You really know spring is in the air when dogs start appearing en masse at the city’s parks as the perfect accessories for their owners (New York dog owners are their own breed). sdlkgas;g
View post →I did this drawing of myself a while back for a project called “The shape-up”. I had layered hair back then…
View post →In honor of the snowstorm that buried New York City under over a foot of snow this weekend (and gave me a gorgeous view of a surreal white forest outside my window) i thought i’d share a sketch of a wintery scene with you… dsafkd;j
View post →I did this at the Botanical garden…
View post →As beautiful and fragile as life itself. Our prayers are with everyone who is going to bed tonight with no food, no water, no shelter, no protection. We are all connected. Thank you for your continued support of our fundraiser on behalf of CARE’s efforts in Haiti. To see more of Kati’s project on slavery in […]
View post →Another drawing from the NYRO rehearsals. The woodwind players do not like to be drawn (as opposed to the violins and celli, who practically do backflips when they feel the artist’s attention). I caught this guy hiding behind a column, which is funny, because he kind of looks like a column. I got him to […]
View post →This drawing was done at a German restaurant in New York City, and is a tongue-in-cheek interpretation of German “Heimat” (roughly, “home”) kitsch. The stuffed deer stands for the belling stag (“Roehrender Hirsch”), which is the subject of pretty much every painting in old Germans’ homes, and is an allusion to the German spirit, an ennobled […]
View post →This piece was created for a project about a man who was born a slave on an 18th century plantation in Haiti who grew up to become one of the most admired citizens of the new world. In the course my research on this project I learned a lot about the suffering the Haitian people […]
View post →In response to the recent terrible earthquake in Haiti, the illustrators of Studio 1482 have each created a piece of art to raise  money on behalf of the victims. It is our effort to support the international appeal for funds by CARE, a leading humanitarian relief organization. We’ve selected CARE because we believe in their […]
View post →If you are in New York City this January, why not join us for the launch of Kati Nawrocki’s EPIPHANY cards on friday, January 22nd,  from 7 – 9 pm at the Open Center (22 East 30th Street at Madison Avenue). theanswersareinside.com PS cake is representative of the artwork rather than the catering at the […]
View post →In the spirit of this blog I wanted to share some drawings I did just out of sheer joy. I didn’t have fancy pens or nice paper on me, so I the used the ballpoint pen and soggy notepad I thankfully found in my purse. Below are two drawings I did at the Prince concert […]
View post →I painted this a while back at the bronx botanical garden. it is part of a larger project but this one is special to me for some reason, and i have it as my screensaver at home. i think i might be drawn to the color scheme and simple shapes, you’d never know there is […]
View post →May your lives be illuminated this year! Kati
View post →Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Â -Hebrews 13:2 “All the Utopias will come to pass only when we grow wings and all people are converted into angels.” Â -Fedor Dostoevsky “Every […]
View post →Holiday special: Every order placed before the end of the year will come with a free “Black Swan” notecard; The original drawings were based on research… The “surrealist oracle” was… For more information or to place an order you can email info@theanswersareinside.com
View post →Today I have a special treat for you: This is the page of drawings that eventually grew into the EP!PHANY project. EP!PHANY is a great example how study fuels art, and these drawings of Teddy Roosevelt’s hats and phone were done at the Museum of Natural History in New York in response to research about […]
View post →Over the years I have done a lot of projects on America ad its mythology, and it’s one I return to again and again, like any good immigrant. I actually did this drawing in the Egyptian section of the Met (don’t ask)
View post →This is one of about two thousand drawings I’ve done of my beloved fellow-New Yorkers. I love drawing people, especially extreme ones, and nowhere are folks more who they are than in the big apple! This couple was shopping at Rockefeller Center, if I recall correctly.
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