Mike-Related Sketch Project: Mike in Hospital, Relaxing (date unknown)
Somehow, my sketch doesn’t reveal the pleasure Mike takes in relaxing.
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Mike-Related Watercolor: Mike Being Led – Trailing Hand (2014)
Mike-Related Watercolor: About to Hold Hands (2014)
I captured the image of Mike‘s hand reaching for mine. The photograph shows that Mike seems to be smiling. These are the moments with my older brother that I treasure.
Mike-Related Watercolor: Windup to Self Harm (2014)
Mike had this habit (motor tic?) of winding up and slamming his arm onto his chest.
New Series: Mike-Related Watercolors: Mike Looking at Me, Other Eye Clouded
I begin this series with watercolors I painted of my brother Michael along with their reference photographs. Through this collection, I return to the mission of this blog (as it began, in 2013), which was to explore my relationship with my older autistic brother. Mike is autistic, low functioning and nonverbal. Today, Mike is on […]
Vintage Photo: Peter Cooper Village, NYC Late 1980s
I showed this photo to my mom, when I took it many years ago. She said the lone figure reminded her of her mother.
Vintage Photo: Good Humor Sold Here, Brooklyn, NY circa 1990
Vent on Top of a House
Sketch of Giant Clouds Dwarfing the Landscape
I thought I could do justice to the photo I took the other day (Giant Clouds Dwarfing the Landscape) with a pencil sketch. The middle ground of the sketch came out the best. I captured the contrast between the white fluffy clouds in front of the gray face of the huge cloud. The gray clouds […]
Construction: Will’s Clock Tower
As promised, today’s post features my grandson Will’s construction of the Hillsdale Clock Tower, whose clock was stopped by a bolt of lightning at 10:04 PM, that stormy night in 1955. Below is a photo that details the bell, spire and clock face. Will fashioned the brass bell from the mortar part of an old […]
