Monthly Archives: August 2020
Vintage Photo: Old Fire Call Box Behind Grand Central Station, NYC, August 1991
Portrait: Joy from 2018
I am in the middle of a series of sketches of my brother Mike, from photos I took many years ago. Today, I made a sketch of my wife, Joy, from photograph. I had to take her to hospital today.
Mike Sketch Series: Mike and Mom, March 1992
Vintage Photo: Schatzie’s Prime Meats, Upper East Side, NYC October 1991
Vintage Photo: Federal Supply Screw Company Graffiti, NYC, June 1989
Mike Sketch Series: Mike Getting Loving Help January 1992
My brother Mike gets a lot of help. Everyone I met who takes care of Mike like him and give him loving help.
Mike Sketch Series: Mike Waiting to Go Back Home from School, May 1992
The bus taking the day school students back to the group home sometimes took a while to get there. Here, my brother Mike is waiting to go home, with a slinky, his favorite toy.
Vintage Photo: Along the Route of the R Train, NYC April 1991
Mike Sketch Series: Jack Patting Mike on the Chest, November 1993
Mike sometimes responded to me when I patted him on the chest. I got the impression that he liked it. He was always hitting himself on the chest, so I wonder if a less violent touch somehow communicated to him. I hope that it showed love.
