New York

for pride

Every year on the first Sunday in June, the Queens Pride parade makes its way along 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. It’s a great tradition since 1993, and I try to get out there every year to draw it: To support my LGBTQIA friends and family and also, because it’s fun. The message this year […]

Happy Memorial Day. Sharing gratitude for all who have served. Drawn at the Intrepid during Fleet Week, a NYC tradition. The lady at bottom right sat right in front of the ship calling all the sailors over to her – “Wait a minute! I’m an old lady! I need a picture with you!” And, they […]

Is it spring yet?

I read somewhere that it is spring in NYC, but judging from the chilly rain and wind in Columbus Park, Chinatown on Friday, you’d have thought it was February! However, the local poker players were not deterred. Always a lively scene! Posted by Veronica

One Minute Poses

For artists – and art students – drawing from the model is so important. It’s not just about learning to draw the human form, it’s also and more importantly about discovering your innate sense of design, taste, and empathy as an artist. These are a few one-minute drawings of @taylor.kindred that I made yesterday morning […]

Spring on Elizabeth Street

On Friday we had summer-like weather in NYC, as the temperatures hit 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It was a perfect day to take my Parsons School of Design Drawing NYC class to the Elizabeth Street Garden, an elegant little European-style park in the middle of Nolita. It was such a perfect day – after doing a […]

Business As Usual

Last Tuesday, as Donald Trump was being indicted in a NYC court, I had a dentist appointment not far from his home base on Fifth Avenue, Trump Tower. I walked over to see what kind of crowd his supporters had created outside the famed building. All I saw was a line of reporters across the […]

Near the Plaza

Going through my studio, I came across this little drawing I made near the Plaza Hotel about 25 years ago. In those days this is what old men looked like – you almost never see anyone wearing these kinds of hats anymore. I was also tickled to notice that the two tourists behind him were […]

Finding the Gesture

A quick study in watercolor – finding the gesture. posted by Veronica

New School Strike

Since November 16th, the Part Time Faculty of the New School/Parsons have been striking for a fair contract. As a long time instructor at Parsons, this includes me. We’d all rather be teaching our classes and helping the students finish their work for the semester than walking a picket line in front of the university, […]

Queens Pride!

A drawing made on-site at the Queens Pride Parade this past June, on 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights. I love the Queens pride parade because it’s such a community event – everyone is happy and enjoying the day with their neighbors. posted by Veronica

Little Amal Walks NYC

Little Amal is a large puppet of a 10 year old Syrian refugee who is looking for her mother. She has traveled 5,000 miles across Europe and met with Ukrainian refugees in Poland, and now she is in New York City visiting with children, artists, politicians and community leaders. Last week she visited Jackson Heights […]

Last Days of Summer

During those last days of summer I find myself trying to squeeze in everything that I love about living in the city during the warmer season: leisurely brunches at outdoor cafés being one of those experiences. Lingering over that coffee refill, I watch the people walk by, and try to ignore that little bit of […]

Poetry and Prayers

Yesterday the past became the present, as it does for me and so many other Americans every year on September 11th. I often think of those families who covered lower Manhattan with missing signs during the weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Center; hoping against hope that their loved one was in a […]

Cherry Tree

I am absolutely in love with the big old cherry tree that sits in the center of the courtyard of my apartment complex. I could draw it for hours… Posted by Veronica

Venus Williams

Had a great time yesterday at Flushing Meadows Park, watching a practice match with tennis great Venus Williams. It was so interesting to observe and draw her body language as she played: Effortless intensity. The US Open, an annual fall tradition in Queens, opens today.

Exhibit at The Queensboro

If you happen to be in Jackson Heights, Queens this month, you can stop by The Queensboro restaurant to see an exhibit of a selection of my reportage illustration, both from NYC and further afield. Included in the exhibit is this pen and ink drawing of Travers Park from the neighborhood. While you’re there, you […]

Spread Out Along The Hudson

A bit happening this weekend. The above piece and last weeks Pressman are both showing in the Little Black Book exhibit at Mills Pond Gallery in Saint James, NY, thank you to Carol Fabricatore for including and also to Jenny Nelson for selecting Golden Storm in the Fresh Air exhibit also opening this weekend. And […]

A Day’s Works

The streets in town still look brand new and somehow the days seem cooler now than 2 months ago. When I pass one of the crew they ask, “what are you drawing today?” as I drive by with the window open.—Dominick

Kosciuszko Bridge Project

In 2017, the Kosciuszko Bridge, the 1930s steel truss bridge connecting Queens and Brooklyn, NY, was demolished; and a new cable-stay designed bridge was put in its place. Such strength and power reduced to rubble! I was fascinated, and spent time on site that fall documenting the demolition process. (See above.) The bridge faces the […]

Aaron Judge at Bat

This past Saturday Neil and I were treated to a game at Yankee stadium by our friends Tony and Jeanne – what great fun! The seats were excellent and not only made us feel right in the middle of the action, but also allowed me to make some drawings of the game in my sketchbook. […]