Last Sunday while the weather was SPECTACULAR! we took the boys to a local park for some fun. There were plenty of people skirting about enjoying the moment. The body language between these two was so casual, so comfortable, just like the day itself. I couldn’t help wonder what they were saying. Maybe it was something like, […]
View post →This is a small watercolor painting I made a few summers ago. ©2014 Greg Betza
View post →Last Sunday my family and I had an opportunity to visit the 9/11 Memorial museum before it opened to the general public. Words would minimize the emotions that rose out of the experience. When I look around today though, there are blessings I am surrounded by that would not have been had life moved left instead […]
View post →So this week I flipped the ante’. I did little man’s portrait and then asked him to tell me how he felt about it with paint. Interestingly he avoided drawing over his face. I’ll gladly take that as a sign of approval. * On a side note, I’m TOTALLY lovin’ the expression in his line work. […]
View post →Yesterday my 2 year old son came home from a morning out with his Dad carrying a bouquet of flowers. As he proudly handed them to me he said “Mommy I bought you flowers. You love them??” It was the first bouquet he’s ever given me in his whole two years of life and a […]
View post →One of Oliver’s absolute favorite books is Scuffy the Tugboat, a children’s book written by Gertrude Crampton and illustrated by Tibor Gergely.  This morning he asked his Nonna to help him make  a real life “Scuffy boat”, (see below). Painted these incredibly delicious blend of colors by my lil artiste I just couldn’t resist drawing it (on one of […]
View post →Here is a little Japanese-inspired landscape painting done in ink. Enjoy your weekend! ©Greg Betza 2014
View post →While visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I always make a point to go check out the Arms and Armor section. It’s very impressive. I had fun stylizing the designs on this armored horse. -Despina
View post →And they rock, and they rock, through the sensual ageless ages on the depths of the seven seas, and through the salt they reel with drunk delight and in the tropics tremble they with love and roll with massive, strong desire, like gods. – DH Lawrence Above is a happy, slightly inebriated, whale, swimming through […]
View post →Â Â Â Â Â Â At the New Museum in NYC for the Pawel Althamer’s “Draftmen’s Congress” exhibit with Dalvero Academy yesterday, we had a terrific time! The artist invited people to draw and paint everywhere and anywhere in the gallery space. What fun. Spontaneous drawing at it’s best. Great sense of freedom, it made us feel like kids. […]
View post →This is a drawing I made while I worked out a few ideas for our Seasons of 1482 project. Read more about it here. -Despina
View post →Still thinking about the west coast. Lots of reminders these days. —Dominick
View post →Here is another take on the ‘street scene‘ I posted last week. This time in gouache. Have a great weekend © Greg Betza 2014
View post →This flowery object caught my eye because of it’s intense reds and yellows. I call it flowery because I can’t recall if it was flower, a plant or just some leaves. Enjoy your weekend. © Greg Betza 2013
View post →Watercolor painting of an Italian woman walking through her village. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →Painted at Epcot’s Italy pavilion, back when the entertainment was fantastic. ©2013 Greg Betza
View post →Found this thumbnail, and I really don’t know when I did it or where (or why!). Believe it or not, I usually have a fairly clear memory of creating all of my work, and that’s what makes this painting so intriguing (to me). Greg Betza © 2013
View post →Just found this as I went through some old drawing pads. This is a gouache portrait of an imaginary girl that I created a few years ago at Ellis Island. -Greg Betza
View post →A painting/drawing made in Paris. ©2012 Greg Betza
View post →Wax resist is pretty fun to do. I melted some candle wax and used a fine brush to paint the lines of my drawing. After the paint dried it felt good to scrape the wax away to reveal the image. That’s my little gingerbread boy playing in the snow. ~Despina
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