Portraits of my friend Tom, 1990.

A big part of the praxis of portraiture is drawing the same people over and over. You have to do it over and over, so you start to understand what characteristics make a face distinctive, what features identify someone. I had a teacher at Parsons who taught us that ear placement is critical, too! Tom […]

Hartford days part 2: the coffee shop art-kids.

I have received more free coffee from Starbucks than probably anyone in the world. During a period when I drank quite a LOT of coffee, I happened to make friends with some very cool art school kids who all worked at the Starbucks in West Hartford. It was across the street from the Animation Art […]