Acorn. Pencil, pastel. -Despina
View post →Last week I posted about snow on the first day of spring. It seems as if Old Man Winter is having a difficult time letting go of the spotlight from the flurries we saw again yesterday here in the city. Above is a watercolor reportage I did at the NYBG a few years back this very week talking […]
View post →Last night in the city it rained and a cold rain it was. Some places even had snowflakes in their midst. Winter is here. There was something quite serene though when I stopped  to listen.  Above is a drawing I did in the Japanese pavilion at Epcot during a warm summer rain. Warm or cold, I’ll take it any […]
View post →Every time I work in the garden I think of my farmer grandfather in Crete, may he rest in peace. This is a drawing of the small tomato plant I’m growing in his memory this year. The seed is from Greece. –Despina
View post →After 2 years of neglect I found myself back in my garden last week. I forgot how wonderful it feels to connect with the earth and experience the joy nature offers. What a peaceful, silent heartwarming moment in time. Drawing done by Michele Bedigian in watercolor and crayon.
View post →Those who know me and my work will recognize the theme of the garden as a metaphor for paradise (home). I remember eating strawberries, gooseberries, currants, plums, peaches, apples and hazelnuts directly from the bush as a kid playing at our garden at #28. This page is part of an ongoing project on the history of […]
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