July 28th, 2008

This was the 6th weekend in a row where either I was hosting visitors here at my place in NYC or I went out of town myself. Riding buses and playing tourguide...it's been a bit tiring! But here is the artwork I have squeezed in lately...

This is a scene from last week when I was walking down 14th Street with my friend Michael Rosa. He just has one of those distinct personalities that can be used as an adjective.

I know I can't be the only person who has looked at someone else sleeping and taken a mental picture...especially when you perhaps find it improbable that you'll be in that situation with that person again. Call it nostalgic or silly (I call it embarrassing since I'm posting it online for all to see...) but at least I can admit it.

I got this silly idea last Tuesday night (Yes, all those things were swimming happily in my belly.) and simply wanted to draw it out! So there you have it.

And by the way...I just thought I'd share that this is my 100th post here on this blogspot-blog! Thanks for checking out the artwork that I've been posting here each week over the past year! I really appreciate all the support. Thanks!

Currently Listening: LCD Soundsystem...Sound of Silver

July 24th, 2008

Here's what I drew yesterday...

Lately I've been choking on all these things unsaid. I more I see things clearly the more I realize how few people I have to talk to honestly and openly about the things I need to verbalize. It makes me feel like that guy from the end of The Meaning of Life who eats SO much he explodes. Yup...that's me!

I LOVE driving my beloved little car...especially on summer nights with the windows down. Late one night this weekend I was driving around Virginia backroads aimlessly for a while and ended up finding a quiet field to park myself in. I laid out on my car hood and was completely wonderfully alone. It was this perfect moment, but there was no way a drawing could do it justice. (You know me, I have to compulsively document everything!) So I used words here instead, stacked like a layer cake of everything in the scene from top to bottom. The image they make in my head is better than the drawing version could ever be.

I was grumpy when this drawing popped into my head. I got over it.

Currently Listening: Neutral Milk Hotel...In an Aeroplane Over the Sea

July 17th, 2008

This new batch of art is a bit moody...hmph....

This is my trap door floor...it's about feeling vulnerable. Like everything in your life is up and the air and you're going to fall through at any moment. Yeah.


This one is called Negotiation. It's about how when I am in a grumpy mood, music is what I can always count on to actually snap me out of it. (I went and saw a fabulous live show last night for the first time in months, and I had forgotten how much it really affects me...) I actually drew about this same topic two years ago...you can see those drawings here. And yes, I realized after I drew this that the music notes are backwards, but oh well!

Currently Listening: The New Pornographers...Mass Romantic

July 14th, 2008

You know, I used to draw about the moon so much. But I've realized that by living in a place where buildings clog up my sky...sometimes I forget about the moon.


This was simply part of a conversation with my friend Jere...at our usual hang-out spot in Hudson River Park.

Currently Listening: Rogue Wave...Asleep at Heaven's Gate

July 11th, 2008

I've had a rule for years...that whenever I'm given a flower, I draw it. (The last time was, um, in Ghana when 10-year-old Patrick gave me a hibiscus flower...) This is a very abstracted rose, which I think turned out great!


Sooo I've only recently learned how to ride a bike. And this week I had to master city-biking in order to go play in Philly tomorrow...so I've been practicing riding around Manhattan! (My mom would have a heart attack if she saw me in traffic...) I picture myself going in a straight line, like I'm drawing. Because drawing is less scary...hopefully my legs can learn to be as steady as my hand.

Currently Listening: The Who...The Ultimate Collection

July 7th, 2008

It is strange for a week to pass between art postings! But what a week...painting Aida props with Amanda, hosting my third weekend visitor in a row from Virginia (Juliet...our redhead powers combined), seeing the German opera Die Soldaten, crossdressing for a Shanghai Vice party, helping throw a rooftop cookout on July 4th, and most importantly...finding an amazing publishing agent to back my book concept!

These are my excuses. And they're all good ones. So after sleeping for almost 12 hours last night, here's what I made today:

It's funny and surprising how two people who are so totally different can satisfy some need or play some part for the other's life. Coming from opposite places they somehow help each other at the right time. I like that in how I drew it, you can't tell who is lending who a hand. It's mutual.


Ehem...no comment! Moving on to the next drawing...


This week was so fun and so draining that I felt like by the end of it I was operating on minimal internal battery power. I saw it in my head as those Zelda video game heart containers...this city simply takes all the energy out of me!

Currently Listening: She & Him...Volume One