A real East Village, NYC scene: dueling laptops at the Cafe Pick Me Up on Avenue A. – Veronica
View post →Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. Â Margaret
View post →Yesterday I had a lovely day of drawing with my greatest friend Jennifer. Here’s something from the American Wing at the Met. -Despina
View post →Here is a drawing I made at Washington Square Park, NYC back in the days of nicer weather. This drawing always reminds me of summer, and I really need that right now! drawing by Greg Betza
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 →“moonbeams” is short for Moonbeams and Oops!, a children’s book I started writing and illustrating in Margaret’s book class this past fall. I thought it might be fun to kick off the year with a thumbnail of one of the pages and share a little of the process. The thumbnail above is a lino-cut of […]
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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 →One of the watchers, guardians of the New Year. Wishing you all peace and prosperity as you cross the threshold to 2010. – Veronica
View post →Five Peace Roses, four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. The Peace Rose has an interesting history which came about during World War II. Happy New 2010 & Peace on Earth! Â Â Margaret
View post →Wishing everyone all the best for 2010. -Despina
View post →As 2009 comes to an end I, like Janus, take time to reflect on the many lessons learned this past year and I take time to consider the art in my future. I’m incredibly excited for all of 2010’s possibilities! Wishing you all a safe, healthy and happy new year. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (the first day of spring). For most countries the official day of celebration is marked just 2 days away from today, on January 1st. It’s a symbol of renewal and […]
View post →Five Golden Rings
View post →“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.†-Alfred North Whitehead – Eddie Peña
View post →May your lives be illuminated this year! Kati
View post →As the days of freezing rain, slush, sleet and snow arrive in New York City, I like to console myself up with memories of warmer climes. This is my interpretation of a mango tree – the ones that hung over the back porch of Marg‘s brother Billy. Man, just reach up and grab a mango […]
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 →“Love came down at Christmas, Love all lovely, love divine; Love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign.†–Christina G. Rossetti A great quote for Christmas, and a perfect one for the annual Christmas installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where I drew this angel. It is so beautiful. A Christmas […]
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