New York: August 2006

During my first weeks in New York, I brought my sketchbooks with me wherever I went. My favorite spots to sketch were public parks, cafes, galleries and museums. My pen marks are rough and urgent, as I have only moments to sketch my subjects before they wander off. I enjoy overlaying images and incorporating observations into the sketches. In my best drawings, words and marks weave together to create an accurate (although abstract) representation of my everyday visual and psychological experience.

Washington Sq Park Fountain
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

Fountain Man and MoMA Notes
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

Chelsea
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

Shomai Tomatou (at SFMOMA)
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
July 2006

Union Square
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

East Village Tour
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

Rainbow Boy
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

Cakes on Display
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

The Stapler
Ink on Paper, 7.5" x 5.5"
August 2006

The following images were made in a larger spiral bound notebook (8.5" x 11"). I brought this notebook with me to the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography. The final image combines a portrait of my friend Metta with notes on "Black Angel," Nouritza Matossian's biography of Arshile Gorky.

TeaNY
Ink on Paper, 8.5" x 11"
August 2006

Cezanne Bather
Ink on Paper, 8.5" x 11"
August 2006

Matisse Model
Ink on Paper, 8.5" x 11"
August 2006

Picasso Nudes
Ink on Paper, 8.5" x 11"
August 2006




Matisse Dancers
Ink on Paper, 8.5" x 11"
August 2006



Atta Kim
Ink on Paper, 8.5" x 11"
August 2006

WeeGee
Ink on Paper, 8.5" x 11"
August 2006

Metta/Gorky
Ink on Paper, 11" x 8.5"
August 2006