Notes from an Artistic Journey
Urban Sketching in Porto and Madrid
Getting to Portugal for the international Urban Sketchers Symposium was not difficult, but demanded some tricky connections as I started off from Maine. So I took a ride on an 8 seater Cessna from Rockland to Boston where I caught a flight to Madrid. I was able to...
Sketching at the Museo del Prado
This past summer after the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Porto I flew to Madrid where I spent time sketching in the Museo del Prado. This amazing world-class museum is bursting with gems of art history and Spanish culture, along with a strict policy that bans...
Review of a Vintage Winsor Newton Travel Palette
This is a review of a vintage Winsor Newton travel watercolor palette I scored on Ebay. I don’t know the model number or year it was made and if anyone has this info I would appreciate if you passed it on. I’ve been using a metal travel palette with 14 half pans and...
Welcome to My New Website!
Welcome to my new website, which assembles a good portion of my creative output into one place that is easily viewable and searchable. My sketchbooks, photos, paintings, blog posts, and videos are all represented here. When I started this project I was surprised how...
Celebrating Old Age at the Burning Ghats in Benares
Benares, also known as Varanasi, is the holiest city in India and one of the oldest living cities of the world. It is built on the banks of the sacred river Ganges – a place of pilgrimage and home to Shiva, the volatile and compassionate god who is known as the...
My New Canine Sketch Partner
Two years ago when coming back from a medical conference I picked up a puppy in Ohio and drove over 450 miles back to NYC. The drive took 2 days and we did some serious bonding, taking our time sketching along the way. Here is our journey… Our first stop was a...
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