I had the great joy of spending last week in San Francisco visiting my lovely sister.  It was a relaxing, happy week of ideal weather which made it perfect for walking around and getting to see a different part of the city everyday; thank you sunny, but not humid weather.  Throughout the trip I carried around a small drawing book to pass the time in buses and trains, going from place to place, in bars, restaurants…to keep the mind and hand limber while away from the studio.

I realize that none of the drawings depict being in San Francisco. They could have been drawn anywhere, which is for better or worse?  I promise I was there, people saw me.  Guess it goes to show how much I’m not really interested in drawing from the world of appearance these days…it’s like playing the game ‘I Spy’, but interiorized.

You can click on the image to see full size.  Enjoy:

Thanks to Cobrawine ( http://www.cobrawine.com/ ) for helping me post my latest carry around book in the ‘Books’ section.  It’s titled 08 Autumn. Some of the drawings from this period I want to translate into lino cuts and woodcuts; multi-colored ones.  Hopefully in the next couple months I’ll have some to show you.

Also:

The F.U.E.L. Collection
Grand Small Works Artists’ Reception
Thursday, January 22, 2009
6:00 - 8:00pm
249 Arch Street
(corner of Third and Arch)
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215/592.8400
www.fuelcollection.com
Enjoy refreshments/lite snacks and
meet some of the artists in the show!
FUEL is especially thrilled to host over
200 national and international artists
who have created work for the Grand
Small Works exhibit. View over 500
20-inch-by-20-inch or smaller pieces
of art throughout the entire gallery.
Painting, photography, sculpture,
mixed media and more.

First couple pages from a traveling pocket book I carry around:

This is also to acknowledge that I have a blog that I will be updating, like a plant needs water.