“… I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh. – Here’s a pen and Ink drawing done while I was sitting under one of the most massive oak trees I’ve ever experienced at the NYBG. It was surreal … a feeling of small yet safe, cradled yet free, quiet yet special. Enjoy the little […]
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This past week my children completed their fall program in the edible garden at the NYBG. As we took our last tram ride back to our car I noticed the colors of autumn have finally arrived in the city. Above is a drawing done at the garden of a Japanese Bonsai (one of my favorite things […]
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More than 200 years ago, merchant Peter Schermerhorn commissioned a series of 14 brick warehouses to be built along Fulton Street near the East River to serve Manhattan’s growing South Street Seaport, an area so busy that it has been described as New York City’s “first world trade center.” Within a few decades, the needs of the area changed […]
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Dominick’s gorgeous post yesterday made me wish ( like I wasn’t already wishing, lol) that I was able to make this last trip down to Disney with Veronica, Margaret and the Dalvero group. Here’s a fun drawing I did in Hollywood Studios a year or so back. Enjoy the day! – Michele
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On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. One of those people was Sadako Sasaki. […]
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It’s hard to believe just 5 days ago Chris and I were each standing in prayer at one of the holiest of sites, the Western Wall in Jerusalem, otherwise known as the “Wailing Wall”. At times tens of thousands of people gather here from all over the world to pray. Although separated by a partition […]
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… in Rockefeller Center There’s a joy of skating in the middle of Manhattan I’ve never been able to find anywhere else. As I look up from the ice it’s 8pm. The night’s sky (as expected) is replaced by the vision of lights on this years Christmas tree. There’s cars and people everywhere! They’re moving […]
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A long acquainted sister to Mystic’s busy shore . It is early Sunday, here in Newport, Rhode Island. Ah, the crisp morning air feels so good as I’m graced by the essence of fresh coffee and warm fudge being prepared for the day’s […]
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