Meditation Series: (3/8) Flowers Identified, LA (2024)

This is a ‘plant’ according to the information provided me by my the photo app on my phone. Clicking on the ‘plant’ hot spot reveals that the plant is called “Eve’s Needle” or “Eve’s Pin”. But somehow the picture that accompanies this wiki entry looks nothing like the plant whose photo I took. I guess […]

Meditation Series: (2/8) Flowers Identified, LA (2024)

My photo app identified this (barely visible) white flower as Chinese civet. I think the app is a little buggy. Sometimes it gives me a specific identification and sometimes it just identifies my flower as “Plant”. Hmmm. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com […]

Meditation Series: (1/8) Flowers Identified, LA (2024)

Quite by accident I discovered a feature of my phone/camera. I saw this wonderful hybrid pinecone/red pointy stalk flower on a tree that I was walking past. I took a photo and, when I looked at it in the photo app, it told me the name of the tree! (In this case, the tree was […]

Meditation Series: Notable Trees, 1989 to Date Sketches 1-8

These sketches are about trees I have noticed over the years, some for their beauty, some for the memories they trigger. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Coney Island, NY, Off Season 1991 – Matted Vintage Photo for Sale

 I took this black and white photos in March of 1991 during a walk from my home in Bensonhurst Brooklyn, to Coney Island.  When one thinks of Coney Island, one usually imagines a place to have fun and forget the ordinary. This is a view of the amusement park behind the facade. I printed shortly […]

Meditation Series: (8/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

This is one of a row of pine trees lining the street across from the mechanic that was fixing my brakes. i it looks like a lonesome pine, it really isn’t. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is […]

Meditation Series: (7/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

I like the gnarliness of the branches of this pine tree I saw in the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco in 2018. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (6/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

I came across this wall just a couple of days ago. Given this week’s meditation series, this image makes a perfect addition. (North Hills, CA, 2024) Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (5/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

This is a notable tree because of its color. I couldn’t resist taking its picture in 2015, in San Jose California. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (4/8) Notable Trees, 1989 to Date

This tree was deader than dead when I came across it near where I live in 2022. The cow lick was its distinguishing feature. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com