TRAVELING SKETCHES

Staten Island is "more like America" said a friend from Brooklyn. This is a sketch of a street on Staten Island.

Riding the Staten Island ferry from Manhattan, grandchildren were playing with balloons.

Then there are the subways in Manhattan.

NY CHINESE SCHOLAR'S GARDEN

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On Staten Island in Snug Harbor, there is a Chinese Scholar's Garden constructed by Chinese from materials brought from China. It is located on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center on Richmond Terrace.This is the view of the garden from the "Moon Viewing Pavilion Terrace of Crispness."

This is a frottage from some of the detail work in the hand rails.

Four boys at the scholar's Garden sitting on the "Moon Viewing Pavilion Terrace of Crispness."

This is a detail of the rail.

TRAVELING SKETCHES

I flew Jet Blue to NY, NY, Aug. 13 - Aug 21, 2014.

Outside the airplane window.

Inside the airplane.

IN PROGRESS - EXCERPT

I took this group out of this painting (24" x 36"). So now I am working on a small painting (11" x 14")of just this passage.

SOLD AT CLOSING

This BEE sold at the Closing Reception at LINK & PIN.It is a small thing. Practice, practice, practice. The large works require a lot of thinking, looking. A new painting mostly done for the OBE exhibit in November has been through changes.
It was this.

Now it is this.