“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 […]
View post →Eddie Peña
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 →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 →“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 →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 →Sunday morning we made sure to set the alarm for 6am. Anticipating the first snowfall this season, (I mean real snowfall, the kind that makes you think twice before leaving the house) we wanted to be out, and out early, to seize the offer. We couldn’t deny that precious hour just as day breaks. With the […]
View post →Wishing you all peace and joy in this holiday season and into the New Year. – Veronica
View post →My Holiday card. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. -Despina
View post →Far from the frigid cold of NYC, 90 miles south of Tuscon is this small (but INCREDIBLY dynamic) city called Bisbee. For those of you who know it, I feel the bond already. For those of you who don’t – IT’S A MUST ON YOUR TRAVEL WISH LIST! Combine the splendor of the Old West […]
View post →Audrey, drawing at Dalvero. Check out that eye – very intense! Â – Veronica
View post →Here is a drawing I made of a spectator at the Rockefeller Center Orchid show in 2005. With her wildly patterned dress she seemed to literally become the plants. drawing by greg betza
View post →… in Rockefeller Center. visit my blog for more from the day , Michele
View post →So for those of you thinking of heading out to…well, anywhere this weekend…here is what you’ll be in for. This is a drawing I made at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →I would’ve saved her the last piece. Thanksgiving is the one day of the year I wish lasted a little longer, (no joke). So when I imagine stretching the holiday I can’t think of anything better than finding turkey and maybe some cranberry sauce in the rare sighting of leftovers following the feast    […]
View post →Here is a drawing I dug out of my archives. I did it when I used to live in Hoboken, NJ. (a great city by the way). I also wanted to post this to announce my photostream on Flickr. by Greg Betza
View post →A few months back I wrote and posted a drawing I did while standing on what’s been called the most expensive strip of real estate in Europe, La plus belle avenue du monde (â€The most beautiful avenue in the worldâ€) also known as the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It got me thinking about […]
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