Friday, December 30, 2016

InsiderArt Video Feature


I'm excited to share this short video glimpse into my ceramic-making process by InsiderArt. Drawing is usually the first step to everything I make, regardless of material, although it sometimes takes me months to actually make that which is on paper. Drawing of an idea is a proclamation of intent to the universe, and somehow it works! As my art mentors say, our tastes are always ahead of our abilities, and that's a good thing: keeps us, makers, busy and striving for more!

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Drawing Music :: Performances Up Close


Sometimes a dream job comes along and it makes you feel oneness with the universe. It happened to me this autumn, when Princeton University Concerts commissioned a reportage of the "Performances Up Close". Here are some of the drawings from Histoire du Tango: Grammy-award winning violin phenomenon Augustin Hadelich and Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas.
 




Concert hall with the audience seated on the actual stage, to create most intimate experience.


And tonight, I had a sweet surprise in the mail: a holiday card from Princeton University Concerts with the concert hall reportage on the cover.


Happy Holidays!

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Life Drawing Fall 2016

A collection of drawings done at various locations with Dalvero Academy in the fall of 2016.














Not My President!

Protesters in front of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC, November 9, 2016.

The result of the 2016 USA Presidential Elections took many by surprise. New Yorkers, shocked and appalled, took it to the streets. I went out, too, because I tried to process the unfolding events...somehow. Drawing helped.


Protesters in front of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC, November 9, 2016.

Protesters in front of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC, November 9, 2016.

Protesters in front of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC, November 9, 2016.

Protesters in front of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC, November 9, 2016.

Protesters in front of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC, November 9, 2016.
Protesters in front of the Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in NYC, November 9, 2016.