Again at the Bronx Botanical Gardens. I really enjoy my trips to the gardens. It’s a place where you can leave the rumbling of the city behind, at least for a moment. Eddie Peña
View post →“I believe that in the indeterminacy of drawing, the contingent way that images arrive in the work, lies some kind of model of how we live our lives. Â The activity of drawing is a way of trying to understand who we are and how we operate in the world.” –William Kentridge identity Thinking with hands […]
View post →Last month I was invited to participate in Re:Form School, an art event organized to raise awareness about the need for education reform in America. The piece I’ve posted today is a thumbnail sketch/idea for my piece. If you’re in New York City October 9-11 please stop by and see the finished piece in person. […]
View post →A thumbnail drawing of the old Union Square. By Eddie Peña
View post →Carousel painting/drawing. Margaret Hurst
View post →Joe Ades, known as the “Gentleman Peeler” (because of his fine suits and British accent I presume) was a fixture in Union Square Greenmarket where he would sell $5 carrot/potato peelers. Our meeting was a funny one. I sat in front and drew him as he asked me nicely (then not so nicely) to get […]
View post →I drew the cpdsa skaters again in Central Park. Â This time I drew them with two hands. Â I’m thinking that that is a more logical and artistic approach to the roller skaters movements and actions. Â It felt more comfortable to me than drawing them with one hand; I could accomplish more with two handed drawing […]
View post →I recently spent an afternoon at Turtle Back Zoo with my family. This NJ zoo has been there since 1963 and my parents actually used to take me there when I was a child. It was quite a trip for me to be taking my son there now! Here is a drawing I made of […]
View post →My baby. Eddie Peña
View post →Here is a quick study I made at the end of a long day drawing in NYC. Just some people walking by as I sat down and took a break. Drawing ©Greg Betza 2010
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This is one of many  watercolor/caran d’ache/pen and ink drawings I’ve made at the CPDSA circle in Central Park.  I was sitting on the ground getting an ant’s eye view of the skaters, so I decided to make the drawing about the skates and legs of the skaters.  A little pen and ink, a little […]
View post →here is a watercolor I made at Central Park. Get out and enjoy a park near you this weekend! painting by Greg Betza
View post →Studies for project:Â Earth vs Humans
View post →July 4 on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, is Carnival Parade Day! Â I was down there for my class reunion and we were all watching the parade when the Mocko Jumbies appeared! Â I felt like I was back in grade school watching the St. Thomas Carnival Parade under the arches across from the […]
View post →This has been some week. I recently ordered a new camera (see below) and as I awaited its arrival, my computer died. Funny coincidence, both the new camera and computer were here on Monday evening accompanied by a new moon in the sky. I think it’s time for new beginnings. ©greg betza
View post →Storyboards for Project: Omphalos.
View post →A somewhat odd situation: Â an unhappy, angry woman encountering a self-satisfied, smug individual at the Italian Pavilion in Epcot. Â There were no words exchanged, just an overwhelming, radiating air of hostility and entitlement growing and undulating between the two. By the end of it I wasn’t sure who was the hostile one and who was […]
View post →From the Bronx zoo. – Greg Betza
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