Yesterday I took a break from reality and spent a few hours in an online drawing session with Alison Cook Beatty Dance. As I drew Alison’s performance, the grief of the nation seemed to come through in her movements. Pain is pouring out on the streets of our cities, and healing seems so far away. […]
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One of the ways that artists can work during the pandemic quarantine are online model drawing sessions, which create their own kind of graphics. Here are some color studies I did during one such session hosted by the Society of Illustrators in NYC last Thursday. Due to the coronavirus, we’ve had to postpone our Life […]
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If all goes well, and I self isolate, I will not see who this was originally intended for. I will not see the nurses, doctors, healthcare professionals, EMTs, police officers, firefighters, and the many other front line responders whose chosen professions are to help us. THEY CHOSE A PROFESSION TO HELP. A thought I can […]
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This illustration, Love Has No Boundaries, is a THANK YOU to all of those dedicated people who work in our hospitals caring for those ill with covid19, the first responders who continue to answer the call, and the grocery store cashiers, bus drivers, delivery people, subway workers, community organizers, and everyone else who continues to […]
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Here in New York City, as is unfortunately the case in many parts of the world, we are staying inside and practicing social distancing, to mitigate the effects of this dreadful COVID19 pandemic. As artists, yes, we are used to spending a lot of time in our studios. But we are also used to venturing […]
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One of the things I love about New York City is that you never know what you might find on a Saturday afternoon stroll. This past weekend Neil and I visited West 116th Street in Harlem, to check out a West African restaurant, since it is Harlem Restaurant Week in NY. As we headed back […]
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Many thanks to Margaret Hurst for inviting me to visit her Dalvero Academy Book Illustration class at the Metropolitan Museum on Saturday. I saw some wonderful projects in progress from the participants, and took a little time to draw some people in the crowded cafeteria while I ate my $15 turkey sandwich. (Yes, you read […]
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Those of you who know me, know that I’ve been a little bit scarce on social media (and in person!) lately, because I’ve been training to run the NYC Marathon, which happened yesterday. I ran to support a wonderful charity named Gilda’s Club, that provides FREE emotional, mental, and physical support to cancer patients and […]
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Here is another drawing done in Amsterdam this summer: Pedestrians and bicyclers coming over one of the many drawbridges that cross the city canals. I love the energy and constant movement of this city! This drawing is personally a nice memory. I had the perfect spot to draw from, and it was twilight, a beautiful […]
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Spent a nice summer day enjoying the people of Diversity Plaza, in Jackson Heights. I was not the only one! posted by Veronica
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We didn’t want to leave Amsterdam without a visit to Zaanse Schans, which is a kind of historic park with twelve working windmills. While there, we learned that there are currently 1100 working windmills still operating in the Netherlands; during the pre-industrial revolution days, there were 1100 in the small area around Zaanse alone. I […]
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July 1 for me always feels like the REAL start of summer. Especially since the July 4 holiday is only a few days away. I did this little watercolor on the fourth of July last year in Long Island City, while we were sitting on our blanket, waiting for the fireworks to start. posted by […]
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As a working illustrator, you get used to the fact that sometimes, for all kinds of reasons, the projects you start change course mid-stream. I was a little bummed that this advertisement went another way though, since my beautiful step-daughter Danielle modeled for the illustration. Anyway, it was fun to draw her! Posted by Veronica
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So honored and excited that the City Explorer children’s game installation at NYU Hassenfeld children’s hospital has been honored by the Society for Experiential Design! As my friends know, this is a project that kept me busy for most of 2018, when I was working as an illustrator, in collaboration with the talented designers and […]
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Re-posting an older drawing I made of Dr. John when he performed in a New York City club back in 2005. Rest in Peace, sir. posted by Veronica
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Every year, the Memorial Day holiday in the US is the culmination of Fleet Week in New York City, when the US Navy brings some of the ships to our harbor and we can visit them and pay respects to the servicemen and women who protect us year-round. Neil and I have a tradition of […]
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Here is the lineup of the characters I illustrated for the Bronx Zoo section of the interactive Children’s Game Wall installed at the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, in NYU Langone’s new Kimmel Pavilion building in New York City. The project was put together by the awesome team of designers and developers at Potion Design, and it […]
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Happy to post that this drawing, called “Rush Hour in Amsterdam,” is featured in the December issue of Lonely Planet magazine, with a short interview about my trip to Amsterdam in the summer of 2014. Lovely city; lovely people. Check out the article if you get the chance! Posted by Veronica
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One of the joys of my life is that I am a step-mother to three wonderful young women, and a step-grandma to one little girl named Amelia, who turned five this week. We took her to Disneyworld to become ‘princessified’ at the Bibbity-Bobbity-Boutique for her 5th birthday. Here is the before and after: at left, […]
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