On the twelfth day…well, it’s still five golden rings. Holding onto a few more moments of the seasons greetings. It’s the greetings part that I miss the most. Happy to see the familiar faces who have kept our lives going day in and day out over the last 10 months or so, but I do […]
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art was having a party and I was able to take the opportunity to make some drawings for an illustration job for Henri’s Reserve Champagne I was working on of people enjoying champagne at a party. How ironic and wonderful that I was there when this party was happening at The […]
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Looking back over the infamous year known as 2020, I hope that I can remember to feel gratitude for those close to me and the simple joys of life, and remember the many lessons that the year has taught me. Happy New Year 2021! Here’s to a brighter, healthier, more just, and more peaceful year […]
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Another of the sandhill cranes from my yard. Greg Betza ©2020
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While searching the studio for a drawing the other day, I came across this OLDIE: a woodcut print of the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan. Think I made this around 1994 – still remember how much fun I had carving all of these lines and marks into the wood. Now when I suggest to a […]
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No doubt this calendar year’s end looks different from those past. There area few traditions this season that I am going to miss for sure. One of which is my annual trek to see the Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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As the last leaves fall from the trees in NYC and we move into the final month of the year, I find myself thinking about all that the world has endured in 2020; and hoping for a renewed sense of community and purpose in springtime, when the trees will bloom again. Posted by Veronica
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However you may be celebrating the holiday in these uncertain times, Thanksgiving is a chance to reflect for a moment on those things in life that we are most grateful for. I made this drawing of a sweet little family picnic a few weeks ago in Long Island City. I loved how involved they were […]
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As the fall/winter holiday season is now upon us, I find myself looking back at all the traditional markers of the season in New York City, and wondering how they will be altered during this time of Covid19. For my contribution to our Studio 1482 Armchair Travels series this month, I revisited some of those […]
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Seeing as how I realized half way through the morning that it wasn’t Tuesday but was in fact Wednesday and then a few hours alter realizing that meant I didn’t post, I thought it was a sign to post something in honor of Veterans Day. Thank you to all who have served and all those […]
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Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. The New York Botanical Garden. I don’t want to loose this right. m hurst
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It was so, so nice to spend a few hours on Saturday at the Bronx Botanical Garden with my husband Neil. There were still a few roses blooming in the midst of the orange and red leaves that signal fall in the Northeast. Such blissful peace, I almost forgot the craziness of the world for […]
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Recently I was invited by Mário Linhares of the University of Lisbon to contribute to an initiative from the School of Fine Arts called 5 Minutes of Drawing. I was asked to submit a 5 minute video in which I spoke about the importance of drawing on location as it relates to our understanding of […]
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In light of recent events, this seemed like a timely reminder. The heart is made from scraps of fabric I’ve used in sewing over 150 masks for others during this pandemic. Please feel free to share, download, print or post this image anywhere you feel it might make a difference. posted by Veronica
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NO WORDS NEEDED A drawing of Susan Tierney, a model at The Society of Illustrators in NYC. Considering all the craziness going on these days this is the perfect picture. NO WORDS NEEDED m hurst
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Just last summer I spent time ‘playing tourist’ in my home town of NYC. I drew at some of the favorite haunts, including this cafe at the at the now-struggling Hudson Yards development. The coronavirus has hit the hospitality and entertainment industries of the city so hard that you wonder what will happen to our […]
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A couple with a strange vibe hanging out in the American Wing at The Met. m hurst
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This little drawing I made in a Brooklyn cafe last fall didn’t seem like much when I drew it – but now it feels like a frozen memory of a NYC that is still not back. Looking forward to returning to this cafe and the neighborhood some time… posted by Veronica
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Found one more of the floating heads learning process. This will be the last one. It was interesting to look at these drawings from when I was learning about dimension and line and expression. The journey never ends! m hurst
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According to Wikipedia, Labor Day is “a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.” (LINK) This year I thought it would be fitting to send an extra thank you to […]
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