Nine Mocko Jumbies Dancing, Eight Limbo Dancers, Seven Swans a Swimming, 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 Thank you everyone for giving to our studio 1482 fundraiser for Haiti!
View post →Eight Limbo Dancers, Seven Swans a Swimming, Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers, and A Partridge in a Pear Tree. In response to the earthquake in Haiti, myself and the other seven illustrators of Studio 1482 have  each donated art to raise money on behalf […]
View post →“Spiritual Space” This is a drawing I made in St. Thomas, USVI, of three Mocko Jumbies. Â Mocko Jumbies are stilt walkers who originated in Africa and came over to the Caribbean with the African people. Â They are considered to be reaching a spiritual space through elevation. Â Because of their great height they could see evil […]
View post →Yes…..Seven Swans A Swimming, Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and A Partridge In A Pear Tree! Only five more days to go. Â I know it’s January, but I’ve got to keep going! Margaret
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 →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 →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 →Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree. Â Â Margaret
View post →Two Japanese dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree! Â Can’t wait for day 3!
View post →“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree.” Well, Thanksgiving and Black Friday are over and all I see now are Christmas Trees on almost every corner in the city. Â Soon it will be Christmas 2009 and I am once again, as I am every […]
View post →This is a drawing I made in Veronica’s illustration class at Pratt. Â They were having a great time and it was fun drawing the students drawing!
View post →A day in the life…
View post →Just a drawing… This drawing was inspired by, and drawn in, the English rose garden at Epcot. Â It was just fun to draw roses and butterflies and caterpillars and then imagine a beautiful lady sitting in the middle of the garden.
View post →These are two faces/portraits from the construction site I drew at a few years ago. Â I’d like to introduce Vinny and Tuna. Â Tuna’s real name is Charles, hence Charlie, hence Charlie the Tuna, hence Tuna. Â Tuna is a great guy. Â He gave me cardboard to sit on instead of the cold, hard sidewalk. Â Vinny was […]
View post →This is a game at Columbia that Ronnie and I went to together. Â We had a great time and it was great watching the women play B Ball. Â There were a couple of pretty intense players. Â What a great afternoon we had at Columbia!
View post →Another Central Park dance skater gone wild! Â It happens…a lot. Â They can’t seem to help themselves. Â They just have to go a little nuts now and then and I’m more than happy to be there watching and drawing when it happens! Â Keep going wild, and I promise, I’ll keep drawing!
View post →Hy-dran-ge-a: Â New Latin “water vessel” : HYDRO- +Greek angos, vessel, pitcher. The hydrangea is my favorite flower and it’s in full bloom all over the city: in Central Park, in beautiful ceramic pots in front of high rises and in window boxes in front of old brownstones! Â I don’t know why I love it so, […]
View post →These 2 ladies were having something to eat over on the West Side. Â One was on her cell. Â The other was watching! Â Just though it would be fun to draw them!
View post →CPDSA on the wheels again!
View post →The Bubble Man hangs out in different places around the city, so it was great to see him in Central Park. Â I had a little conversation with him and he said he loves doing it because of the expressions on the faces of the children when they finally pop a bubble. Â Ironically, he loves creating […]
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