Morning Work-in-Progress: Spent the first morning in a while at a coffee house getting things sorted for the new year, plus got to spend quality time with my bestie Anthony while he’s in town…all this with Bleachers playing in the background. Perfect!!
Art Book: After COVID delays, my sketchbook at The Brooklyn Art Library is digitized and available for perusal on-line!! Check out the entire book: www.sketchbookproject.com/library/S259039
Coming in March: Work Doodles!! Here’s the cover artwork for my next slim art volume. It’s an updated, expanded and reformatted collection, back by request!!
INKTOBER Day 1: FISH!! This lil ditty was inspired by Junji Ito’s biological horror tale, GYO!! …my inktobers start off a little rough, but I like where this is headed!
Know Your Queer History: Bayard Rustin!! Mr. Rustin was an openly gay African American civil rights leader and advisor, who taught Dr King the ways of nonviolent political protest. He challenged the Montgomery Bus Boycott, School Segregation, and the Jim Crow laws. He helped organize the March on Washington in 1963. Though revered for his strength and intelligence, he was often asked to take a position behind his equals in the forefront of the civil rights stage, due to his homosexuality. In his later years he took up fighting on the Gay Liberation civil rights movements. President Obama posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. And this year Gov Gavin Newsom pardoned Rustin posthumously for discriminatory ‘moral’ charges he had been arrested for in 1953. This man is an absolute idol of mine. To learn his story, is to learn our history… Recommended Reading: Time on Two Crosses (Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin)!!
Brooklyn Sketchbook Progress: City Stroll & Love Lock!! I’m coming down to the home stretch in finishing up my book. It’s due in Feb, so you’ll see all of the last pieces… Enjoy!!
My Morning Work-in-Progress: Finally getting myself back on a regular special… I’ve got too many new ideas to get out of my head and onto paper!!
Tonight’s Silliness-in-Progress: The Spectacular Spider-Ham!! I started a new artbook tonight and decided to not christen it with anything even remotely serious…
Happy Holiday: I drew an old school hand turkey to celebrate the day!! Gobble Gobble!!
Further Progress for Brooklyn Sketchbook Library: Portrait of Quentin Crisp!!
