Adorning the lower section of the southeast pillar of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, (facing Avenue de Champs-Élysées) is a sculptured high relief, executed by Jean-Pierre Cortot depicting Napoléon. In it Napoléon is crowned by Victory wearing antique vestments pressing a sword against his chest. In the background, to the right is a profiled kneeling man symbolizing a prisoner enchained […]
View post →I can’t promise that November 13th will live on etched in my memory like the kindred days in New York, only time will tell if distance dulls the mind. What is forever carved in stone is my time in France, particularly Paris, and the streets I walked, the places I visited and most importantly the […]
View post →In Solidarity! VIVA LA FRANCE!!! m. hurst
View post →The tragic events that unfolded Friday night in Paris sits too close to home. Having lost my husband on 9/11 to a terrorist attack I only have to close my eyes and sit for a brief moment to feel the vibrations of pain that are often just right under the surface. Please pray for those who were lost […]
View post →Here is a drawing I’ve always been fond of. Not the best or most interesting, but it brings me back to 2006 and a great dinner with friends, in Paris. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →Finally! I saw a band, 2 bands actually, play outside of the US! Read more about it on my blog. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →A few weeks ago I spent a night in Paris. Here is a drawing of the very French waitress that served me dinner. Greg Betza ©2015
View post →You would think a new schedule would keep me on my toes. While it is still Saturday, this is far from a Saturday post. Intentions, intentions, intentions…always good intentions. Saint Bernard, Virgil, and Milton would have something to say about it right now. Either way, spring was certainly on my mind today and though still cold […]
View post →I just loved Dom’s post yesterday. Yet I have to share … At the moment I’m kinda feeling the crunch. Anthropologie just sent out a blast titled “5 more sleeps till Christmas!” Really, did you have to? So I’m taking a break (as brief as it is) to post a drawing (and it’s thumbnail) […]
View post →“Oma goes to Paris” …sounds like a children’s book in the making. In reality “Oma” is a very very dear family friend who just left a few days back to visit with her son in Paris during this Thanksgiving holiday. While she was packing I spoke with her on the phone and she shared her […]
View post →The Fountain Veronica Lawlor
View post →I really did not enjoy my visit to Versailles. This place was overwhelmingly enormous.  No wonder they were all executed, who needs that much real estate. Pen & ink. Eddie Peña
View post →Paris is by far one of my favorite places on earth (for those who don’t already know) and modern technology reminded me at 5am this morning when one of my best friends text’d me and said she just rode her bike past the Louvre. Above was a study done at the Picasso museum in Paris while […]
View post →Greg’s post this week on the Tour Du France reminded me of that trip abroad together. This was a drawing I had done entering the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. The wonder, the enormity of it all was intense. It was the symbol of royal absolutism and the embodiment of classical French art. […]
View post →The Tour de France is back. I was there to witness the final stage in 2006. Here is a reportage drawing from that day on the Champs-Élysées. ©Greg Betza 2014
View post →I made this thumbnail in Paris. I could never decide if it’s the road ahead, or if it’s a view of looking back on the road just traveled. ~Despina
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I can’t wait to go back and draw in the streets of Paris. Being there was like being at home away from home. Paris! I’ll be back. Eddie Peña
View post →Just some fun playing around with pastels…and pencil. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →From 2006, a crayon drawing made in Paris. I believe I was sitting on a bench in the Tuileries Garden during the afternoon. Nice memories. Greg Betza ©2013
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