Above is a small lino-cut I had done at the South Street Seaport titled Point of Entry…into the melting pot. Â Thought it was kind of appropriate given the occasion this holiday weekend, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! May the best of life’s offering in this great land we call home fill yours with peace and abundance. […]
View post →Best day of the year! Nothing like spending time with friends and family. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. ~Eddie Peña “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men …” 1 Timothy 2:1
View post →Yesterday’s unseasonably cold weather reminded me of this drawing I made last year. It was an unseasonably warm day then, but I was standing on a patch of ice that had yet to melt and by the time I had made this drawing outside of the American Museum of Natural History, I was trembling. Suffering […]
View post →A drawing of the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City’s Zucotti Park before their contested eviction by the NYPD earlier this morning. By Kati Nawrocki
View post →Here is a drawing from a concert I attended (during then unscheduled nor’easter) at Town Hall NYC last Saturday. The performer, Jeff Mangum, had not performed for nearly 13 years so it was a room filled with an unusual level of anticipation.
View post →Father and son hanging out in Central Park. Eddie Peña
View post →Here is another watercolor created at the New York Botanical Garden. –Greg Betza
View post →The Metropolitan Museum of Art … is a tree of life to the worlds greatest art. It’s my church, my schoolyard, my home away from home. Just 20 minutes from the house there’s no better place to be – Michele
View post →Tailgating at a football game in 83° weather is such a treat for fans living in the North-East. Here’s a drawing of some people standing around eating and drinking in their shorts, flip-flops and of course football jerseys. Greg Betza ©2011
View post →Had a chance to catch the ex-Pavement frontman last Sunday night at Webster Hall in NYC. I decided to break out the black paper and crayons for this one. I always enjoy working in this “reverse” way and I just felt like it captured the mood a bit better than black on white…however, I did […]
View post →Drawing I made of a man as he spoke. Eddie Peña
View post →This colored pencil drawing was made inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden. Have a visit this weekend, it’s wonderful. drawing by Greg Betza
View post →This watercolor study was painted at the New York Botanical Garden. The gardens are one of my favorite places to work, a place where you can sit peacefully, surrounded by beauty. Have a great weekend. by Greg Betza
View post →As a child I loved drawing comic book characters. I have begun to evolve all my old characters and create a universe of my own based on them. The drawing above is a character I created in 1987, obviously influenced by Marvel comics. The middle version was created in 1992 and the right figure […]
View post →This is a drawing I made back in 2003 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. –Greg Betza
View post →Sing till your soul seeps out of your pores. Eddie Peña
View post →One more of the illustrations created for the Journal of Empire Studies blog. This was a fun, colorful experience in illustration! Also, a little sad because of the subject matter.  The article for the blog is a review of the book, Kingdom Under Glass.  Kingdom Under Glass, by Jay Kirk, is about the famous explorer and […]
View post →This officer parked his bike and wrote a ticket…and luckily the ticket was not for me. -Greg Betza
View post →The Bowery Electric is a club on Manhattan’s lower east side. Last week I had a great time listening to a personal favorite, Tommy Stinson (& band). I’ll be posting more about this on my blog in a few days.
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