Meditation Series: (4/8) Late Summer Brownery, LA 2024

Browning, crunchy flowers are extraordinarily difficult for me to photography (in situ). My camera wants to focus on the greenery. The small scale of this sketch (4×6″) also makes it a challenge to trace all the lines within the form of the decaying vegetation. Thus this sketch is an abstract rendering of some flowers in […]

Meditation Series: (4/8) Selected Standpipes, San Jose (2017)

This set of standpipes was aligned next to the road and across the parking lot from the building (supposedly) under its protection. At least the fire hydrant was close. Now and then I enjoy using water soluble pens to see how diffusion of the ink affects the composition. Please visit my Etsy shop for my […]

Meditation Series: (6/8) Street Saw, NYC (1989)

In this version of the Street Saw, I showed the action of the saw through the exhaust cloud coming out of the muffler, and the water spraying from where the saw bites into the street surface. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My […]

Meditation Series: (5/8) Street Saw, NYC (1989)

I like the colors in this version of ‘street saw’. I included the essentials in this scene: the street saw (of course), the storefronts and the water-soaked street. 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: (7/8) The Palladium (1989)

Today, I riffed on the Greek fellow holding back the curtains on the original mural (which may be seen in previous posts in this series: Palladium (3/8), Palladium (5/8)). 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) Street Fair, NYC (1988)

This is an imaginary version of that street fair back in 1988. The music man blares his trumpet and backhands the piano to entrance the crowd. 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) Downtown LA Cityscape (2021)

I moved the hotel entrance close the the man lying down in the tent. The windows are spying on or about the scenes below them (ala Jacques Tati, wonderful French film maker). 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 […]

Meditation Series: (5/8) Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991)

After meticulous sketching, i like doing a quick sketch. Using water soluble ink pens adds an element of unpredictability, when I dowse water in those areas. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My other artwork for sale is at: Etsy.com/shop/OtherArtbyJack

Meditation Series: (8/8) Black Mirror Building, Bryant Park, NYC (1991)

Far from the original rectilinear sketch of a stately building in Bryant Park, this final variation anthropomorphizes the building into a character horrified by its surroundings. Only the trees are in sympathy. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My other artwork for sale […]