Memories in mind

  Paris has always held a very warm spot in my heart. There are days when I truly miss living there, walking the cobblestoned streets along the Seine, passing windows dressed in the finest of pastries, and even the chaotic/melodic sounds of bustling passerby’s always on the move to their next appointment….Ha!…kinda sounds a little […]

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Paris

Just returned from a wonderful trip to Paris, where I attended the Canson Prix award ceremony at the Louvre. It was a thrill to see my work up on the screen at the Louvre and although I did not win the Prix, I felt honored to be selected by Canson North America as their nominee. […]

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me too greg

Like Greg wrote in the previous post, I too, found a drawing that I made at the Tuilleries Garden in Paris that I haven’t seen in quite a while. Today’s forecast calls for HOT, and on the day I was drawing in the gardens, it was sweltering! The white statues and sculptures were glaring white […]

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Graphic language

We at Studio 1482 have been weaned to communicate visually through culture and language. Once a project’s been declared the first step we take is to explore graphic possibilities historically presented by the culture we’re involved with. This is a page from my sketchbook done in Paris in 2006. So did you ever ask what […]

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Bountiful Harvest

Whew! Just got back from a month of traveling and finally unpacked my suitcase. Spent some time in Barcelona, then traveled to Paris with the Dalvero Academy and finally wound up my travels by going to Portland as a presenter at the Urban Sketchers Symposium! This drawing was made at the Farmer’s Market in Portland, […]

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small Notre Dame

The Tour De France concluded on Sunday in Paris, and as I watched the coverage and the amazing shots of the city, I fell in love with Paris…again. A few of my good friends were there drawing the race and I couldn’t help but think of the time I spent drawing in Paris in 2006. […]

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stReEt cOLor

A few months back I wrote and posted a drawing I did while standing on what’s been called the most expensive strip of real estate in Europe, La plus belle avenue du monde (”The most beautiful avenue in the world”) also known as the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. It got me thinking about […]

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