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Drawings From My Back Pocket

I never was very disciplined about carrying a sketchbook, hence the newsprint drawings.

But while on vacation I carry a very small pad and a ball point pen in my back pocket.

It’s not meant to document everything I see as much as it’s there to fill up down time.

I would never impose on my family to sit and wait for me to draw, but rather I would break it out while we were souvenir … Continue Reading

Good To Be Back

Ball point pen on Italian Newsprint

Ten days in Italy with my family was a trip of a lifetime. Rome, Capri, Florence, food, wine, history and art, Molto Bene! I’m happy, refreshed and champing at the bit.

Silvio Berlusconi

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

The Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, Silvio Berlusconi is hosting the G8 Summit. This doodle goes out to my son Andrew, who is studying abroad and today is probably baffled by all the traffic and congestion being he’s in Rome, Italy along with eight of the most powerful men on the planet. Enjoy Capri this weekend Andrew!