Charlotte and Winthrop

About 3 feet by 4 1/2 feet on cardboard.  I meant to finish this for NYSSSA this past summer, but it wasn't quite done.  Then I spent about 15 more minutes on it then realized yes, yes it is done.

Main & Scio

This is a 3 1/2' X 5 1/2' piece I've been working on that's up at the Workhouse Art Center at the moment.  It still seems a touch unfinished to me, so I may fiddle with it some more, maybe add some color.  Who knows..

S Broad and W Plymouth

This is a larger scale drawing/painting I just recently finished for Artomatic.  It is about 7 feet long by 2 feet wide of an intersection in Rochester.

Sketchcrawl at Genesee Valley Park

I've been home in Rochester for a bit this summer, and consider myself lucky that Genine & Rachael have had 2 Rochester Sketchcrawl events within less than 2 weeks of each other. The latest meet up was at the Genesee Valley Park. My first couple of sketches were quite the massive failures-I hada hard time wrapping my head around those kayaks. I think Genine faired much better with them. But I found a couple of sketches in me after those... we'll call them... warm-ups...

Sketching the State of the City

Friday (Aug 6) was the 2010 State of the City show at the ROCO, which featured a lot of nice work including Amy Casey, Trevor Flynn and Spectres of Liberty. But by far the most interesting part of the show was the participation of the Rochester Sketchcrawlers. The idea was for visitors to join in with the Sketchcrawlers and then share their drawings on a designated ROCO wall, and there was a nice collection of drawings up at the end of the night. I pinned two sketches on their wall, but kept the rest in my sketchbook.

The sketches i kept were mostly blind-contour sketches of people. I have twice as many attempted drawings in my moleskine as I have finished sketches though, from not being able to handle people moving while I draw.

(Amy Casey and her friend #3 below were not blind contour)

(But this gentleman was)

Highland Park Diner Giveaway

Thank you Colleen for helping give these away at the Highland Park Diner while I am back in VA!

(And I love that you left one as a tip)

Saint Joseph's Park

Just finished it. It's about 7' by 2 1/2 ', give or take an inch or two.

And a detail:

Highland Park Diner

So I've made it a habit to go drawing around Rochester on New Years day while back home for the holidays. I wasn't outside sketching the diner for long before the cold got the better of me. Thinking back on it now, I'm not sure why I didn't hop in to the Highland Park Diner to get something to warm me up.

I took the sketch and used it to make a few prints on craft paper. I also made a set of small prints that I am using for another set of giveaway prints, which I will post about soon I am sure.

Lamberton Conservatory

I was fortunate enough to join Genine, Rachael & a dozen others for a Rochester sketchcrawl at Lamberton Conservatory, this January 2nd. Meeting them for the crawl was a nice way to start the year.

Rochester Sketchercrawl on Jan. 2, 2010

For lack of anything else to post...

here is the latest state of a Rochester piece I'm working on...

View from St. Joseph's

So lately I've been working on a bigger piece than I usually do, and tonight I was laying out some buildings & trees and such in the background. Sort of where St. Joseph's park in Roc would be.

When I feel done, I go online, tool around a while and eventually make my way to Genine's (awesome) blog.
And what do I see staring me in the face? Her sketch of nearly the exact same view. A sketch I somehow missed every other time I've visited her site. Weird.

And damn. Its way better than mine...

ps. I'm kind of hoping I am in Rochester for a sketchcrawl sometime in the future. Crossing my fingers the timing goes right.

St. Joseph's Park

I've been meaning to draw the remains of St. Joseph's for a while now. It is one of the more beautiful Rochester landmarks. I've got a bunch more Rochester sketches coming down the pipeline, and hopefully I will share them soon.

Monroe Theatre

After doing the edition of 25 in Fredonia, I've been wanting to play with the process of printing on the paperbags and painting them in to be able to make multiples more easily. Ultimately I am going to try and put together a handmade book using the same method... so I'm getting a little more comforatble with it as well and making sure I can use my printer for this too...

Peachey Road

I'd been curious to do a quick sketch or two based on Google Street View ever since seeing Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout website. What better occasion to draw than Cindy's birthday. Above is her former (childhood) house... unless I got the address wrong...

Persistent Little Fella

I was surprised to find one of my paper-doll self-portraits still (sans feet) intact on a sign on East Ave. near Spot Coffee about a year and a half after placing it on the street.

(before)

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

Another drawing started New Years Day, when the city was completely quiet and still. Finally got around to completeing it.

The Little Theatre

Stuck on Rochester

2007