Mary Boone sentenced for Tax Evasion

She'll be in prison for two and a half years, most likely minimum security (like Martha Stewart). I'm truly sorry to see this and find it ridiculous given Trump's unpunished mountains of tax fraud; but I figure she'll make interesting use of the time in the pen. I don't take a positive view of art dealers in general, but, for me, she is one of the few good ones.

I will always see her as I did, the last of several sightings, when I caught her peeking around the corner at me as I admired her portrait by her friend, Eric Fischl. For all her guts and confidence she has retained her humility and even some vulnerability. Good luck to her.

Stanley Donen 13 April 1924 - 21 February 2019

There he was, on the town, flanked by Sinatra and Kelly, seventy years ago, dancer, choreographer, director, cinematic innovator, all around problem solver, Stanley Donen, RIP.

Drawings of model Arturo M

Arturo wrote to me saying how much he enjoyed my drawings and asked to pose for me.  Since he lives thousands of miles from me in another country, he has been taking photographs of himself and sending them to me on the condition that I would not post the photos, only the drawings and so far I have kept my word and mean to do so henceforth as well.  I have been admiring his body for quite a few years now and would not want to jeopardize access to someone I love.

The Equilibriad illustrations

Lucian Freud’s illustrations for the Equilibriad by William Sansom, the Hogarth Press 1948 London. Freud inscribed one copy to his friend Boris.  The original drawings were made in pencil and conté crayon.

Three Minute Poses at Eureka Valley Rec

These are drawings from the three minute warm up poses from yesterday's drawing session at Eureka Valley Rec (organized by Thomasina DeMaio). The models, Andrew Ellison Pembroke & Alejandro Torroella, divided the first thirty minutes of the session into seven poses for a length of three minutes each, so these five drawings record seven poses. I just posted them on Facebook and Tumblr hoping they weren't too explicit for those child unfriendly sites. I figured there is no way that they could be construed as photographically realistic.  (Explicitness and Photographic Realism conjoined being grounds for banning as Adult Content.)

Drawing Ward Abronsky in two sessions

Life Drawing at Eureka Valley Recreation Center, last Saturday. Ward Abronsky was again the model. I avoided shading this time out, sticking to a more linear approach. They make a nice comparison with the first set with this model. As always, thanks to Thomasina DeMaio.

These are the drawings from the first session with Ward Abronsky that I did a couple of days before Christmas. Strangely enough, the poses are very similar in both sessions, and anomalies in my drawings as well. Consistent anomalies are not something I strive for, but accept.