Profile on Moleskinerie

I've been added as this week's profile of a moleskine--addict on this website– fun! There are some selects from a few of my Moleskine sketchbooks and travel books on my flickr page, also, to which there is a link in the left hand column... (look for the black book with the electrofork skull on it)

this is what they look like in frames

These are selections from the cabinet card portrait drawings that I framed (cheaply, quickly!) to hang at Total Wine Bar in Brooklyn. They are for sale (even though I've yet to hang the tags with them), so please contact me if you're interested. You can see them in greater detail here. (The four 9"x12" drawings… Continue reading this is what they look like in frames

Curiousity and art-making

Research has been a theme of late. I stumbled upon something a week or two ago that discussed the use of polyester plates for lithography, wherein one might produce an image directly onto the polyester “plate” or use a laser printer or photocopier to impose an image. I found this intriguing as a possibility for… Continue reading Curiousity and art-making

A drawing in three stages

Here's one that's more more sartorially ornate than the previous portraits, and this woman had an intense stare as she sat for the camera.

Pouffe is a nineteenth century French import for “something puffed out”.

Tuffet, pouffe or hassock are all terms for a piece of furniture used as a footstool or low seat. The names tuffet and hassock are both derived from English names for a small grassy hillock or clump of grass, in use since at least the sixteenth century. Pouffe is a nineteenth century French import for… Continue reading Pouffe is a nineteenth century French import for “something puffed out”.

Tempuratures at an all-time high

Another drawing-in-progress of an old photo– Update: click to see finished drawing. Well, it's no longer winter, but this drawing remains (as yet) unfinished. In other news, more of the same: strange, unsettling dreams to accompany the busy time that is Spring. No complaints!  I would add some of the dreams here, but there is… Continue reading Tempuratures at an all-time high

ink, pencil, make shapes as instructed

a girl, overexposed. pencil, ink and gouache on paper. and a Lady. pencil on paper. Slivers of drawings from art nights– more to come. Maybe these will become prints...