My ambivalent American flag drawings from this week.
I’m a skeptical idealist by nature and I’ve had a tough week juggling my faith in some sort of American dream and the empirical evidence that the American dream is the opiate of the masses. I got no answers, just a head full of thinking, a pen and some paper.
Hey, baby. It’s the fourth of July …
Sketchbook on Flickr.
Dancing Fool.
July Sketchbook 2: Brooklyn (Smith and 9th) on Flickr.
Hot Dog.
July Sketchbook 1 on Flickr.
Hi, honey, I’m home…
Quixotic, performing last night in front of Lawrence Arts Center for the Free State Festival 2014.
Last night I got to go to Langston Hughes’s old Church in Lawrence, Kansas and draw along with the St. Luke Choir and the Matt Otto Jazz Quintet for two sets as part of the Free State Festival. It was a joyous night of music and art and I’m grateful that the Festival invited me along to be a part of the festivities…It’s always a thrill to hear music for the first time as I’m drawing it and it’s especially great when there are two packed houses in a row. That said, there’s something especially powerful about leaping into the creative unknown in a church full of congregants…
Downtown sax in Lawrence, Kansas. I’m here for the next few days, performing live drawings tonight with a jazz band and choir in Langston Hughes old church…
Five Boroughs! And Jersey…
These are two unused backdrop projections for an abandoned theater project that took place in Coney Island. After weeks of workshops over the course of a couple of years, the project evaporated due to numerous complications, but I’ve always liked these two pieces …
This week’s Tune-Yards shows, illustrated by local artist Michael Arthur for this Sketchbook Report.
My drawings of tune yards for Gothamist …
tune-yards from my vantage point last night…they nicely set me up in a room above the stage where I could get a good perspective for drawing.
Merril Garbus (TuneYards) on Flickr.
The rest of my drawings from last night’s Webster Hall show are over at Gothamist!
Sign Of The Times: Kentile Floors on Flickr.
I drew this for a New York Times sketchbook report about Summer In The City a few years ago—back when I had a studio directly across from the Kentile sign. I stood in the window at the top of the stairwell and captured it one hot August afternoon. Last week, most of the sign was removed and now my neighborhood looks a little less unique. Soon, the ghost of the Kentile Floor factory will be nothing more than sky. Into the next…
My Cartoon Sketchbook (page 2).
