Przewalski Horse

Two artworks, Przewalski Horse and Giraffe, have been juried into the Fourth Annual Juried Art Show, "Drawn from Nature" in Audubon, PA. The show will be on display during April 2008 at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove's, site of Audubon's first home, 240-year old stone barn's upper level.

Both paintings are part of the "Sepia Suite" series. Please read the Zebra Plains Foal post to find out more about the "Sepia Suite" series!

The Maritime Hotel, La Bottega, NYC

Today I present a special “His and Hers” installment of Love letter to NYC.

“Hers” … Exactly three years ago today two of my friends, Sonya and Scott, went on their very first date. They choose to meet at the glamorous Chelsea hotel’s bar and trattoria, La Bottega. Sonya remembers getting to know Scott while patio dining under the warm light of the Chinese lanterns.

The Maritime Hotel is located in Chelsea at 16th street and 9th Ave. Once the headquarters for the National Maritime Union, the redesign of the building included nautical architectural elements, namely the unique round porthole-style windows.

The nautical aesthetic comes full circle, because today the happy couple is getting married at Stage 6, located within the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. I’m looking forward to the celebration and sharing in their happiness!

New Side - Necked Turtle, Mali Skull Fossil

I was delighted to receive in my inbox a copy of the publication, American Museum Novitates (2007), Acleistochelys, a New Side – Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Paleocene of Mali. I had rendered figures 2 – 5 for this project two years ago. Fig 5 is shown above and the tonal; drawing of the partially restored ventral view of the skull can be viewed on my webpage. This project was a unique experience because I closely interacted with Senior Scientific Staff Illustrators at the American Museum of Natural History, a welcomed change from the normal solitary lab environment!