Some days the best thing to do is experiment with your materials. This painting of the Chrysler Building at night is the result of playing around with two of my favorite mediums: watercolor and PanPastel. It’s…
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Looking at Vilhelm Hammershøi
The latest in my series of sketches of people looking at art….this one from a beautiful exhibit of the late-19th-early-20th-century Danish painter, Vilhelm Hammershøi, at Scandinavia House in New York. The exhibit, Painting Tranquility:…
New York in the Rain Painting Print
There’s something very appealing about New York in the rain. It looks like a watercolor painting – the shimmering surfaces; the blurred bright colors of the taxi cabs and traffic lights. And if there…
Sketchbook: The New Whitney
In May 2015, the Whitney Museum of American Art relocated from it’s long-time home on Madison Avenue to a huge new space downtown. In conversation New Yorkers tend to refer to this new…
Autumn Colors In (& out) of My Studio
As the days get cooler and and shorter, I find inspiration and comfort in rich warm autumn colors. Buy Now Buy Now
Live Ballet Sketches
As many of you know, I’ve studied dance, in one form or another, for most of my life. For many years I did flamenco, then couple of years ago I decided to return to…
Sketchbook: Picasso Sculpture MoMA
“When I was young I could draw like Raphael, but it has taken me my whole life to learn to draw like a child.” – Pablo Picasso Picasso is famous…
Blue Empire State Building Painting Print
The Empire State Building is one of my favorite buildings in New York City (along with the Chrysler Building). At night it’s illuminated in different colors, according to various holidays…
My Studio: Organizing Paint Tubes
Recently I came up with this system for organizing paint tubes in my studio. It’s such a simple idea, it hardly qualifies as a “tip,” but here it is: Sort the paints…
Aqua Blue and Coral NYC Skyline Art Print
Buy Now This aqua blue and coral art print was inspired by the Manhattan skyline and the East River. Painted in luminous watercolor, the subtle colors range from deep peacock…
Coral Evening Dress Art Print
This dreamy watercolor painting of a fashion model in a flowing coral dress against a watery aqua background is available as a print in my online shop. Each print is…
Sketchbook: Sargent at the Met
The other day I visited the exhibit “Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.It was my third visit to this extraordinary show, which focuses on the paintings John Singer Sargent made…
Garden Party Painting
For the last day of summer….. a sun-dappled garden party painting, created digitally on my iPad. It’s available as a print in my online shop. Each print is made to order in…
Heirloom Tomato Sketches
This time of year the fruits and vegetables at the farmer’s markets are a feast for the eyes, as as well as the palette. Inspired by all this delicious bounty, I…
Teal + White Glam Fashion Art Print
Evening glam in shades of teal and white. This chic fashion illustration art print is available in my online shop. Each print is made to order in a choice of…
Fig Season in My Studio
It’s fig season in my studio! I’ve been having fun sketching these deep purple beauties….and eating them afterwards. It’s available as a print in my online shop. Each print is…
Blue Figure Sketch
These days my favorite medium for figure sketching is PanPastel, a highly concentrated pastel in a jar that you apply with a little sponge – sort of like eyeshadow. I’m in love with…
Fire Island Plein Air Art Print
The other day our friends invited us to visit them on Fire Island, a beautiful barrier island off the coast of Long Island, New York. The dreamy sea view from their deck…
Sketchbook: Lincoln Center at Night
New York City in August has a reputation for being hot and smelly. A place to escape from. But summer in the city has its advantages. The city is a lot less crowded. And in…
Watercolor Flowers Step By Step
The other day, my friend Arvind, a gifted photographer who has recently taken up drawing and painting, asked me how I go about painting watercolor flowers. I’m not sure I…
