
Spring is blooming here in New York City, and I couldn’t resist making this impressionist style watercolor painting of the blossom festooned footpath next to the Central Park Reservoir.

Spring is blooming here in New York City, and I couldn’t resist making this impressionist style watercolor painting of the blossom festooned footpath next to the Central Park Reservoir.

I received an iPad for my birthday and I can’t stop playing with the art apps. My favorite right now is ArtRage. Here are four iPad sketches from the New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 collections. I will post more later this week.

Patterns of sunlight streaming through the heavy summer foliage became the inspiration for these watercolor paintings of the Conservatory Garden in Central Park, a sanctuary in the heart of New York City.

A loose, fresh watercolor interpretation of the Empire State Building at night. The colors are from my imagination.

A watercolor fashion illustration from my “On the Street” series. I was drawn to the combination of retro style and high tech gadgetry.

A watercolor fashion image from my “On the Street” series. I wanted to capture the effect of the figure moving in and out of sunlight

From a series of watercolor fashion images of people on the street in NYC. I begin by taking snapshots of people, make sketches from the photos, and then make paintings from the sketches. By the time the paintings are finished, I’ve simplified and altered the original images so much that the people are almost unrecognizable.

The beautiful thing about sketching on the iPhone is that the screen is illuminated so you can sketch at at night.

A watercolor painting of the sun setting over the Manhattan skyline, with the silhouette of the Empire State Building on the right.

An impressionist-style watercolor painting of yellow taxi cabs – available as an art print or to license.
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