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Pen and Ink Series #103: After a Jacques Lipshitz Sculpture, LA, 2025

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I saw a sculpture by Jacques Lipshitz in Philadelphia once. It was called Government of the People (the way it used to be). I replicated its shape with stringed instruments.

Meditation Series: Luthier Storefront, NYC (1989) Sketches 1-8

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Looking at the evolution of this particular set of drawings, one can see the transition from the depiction of a physical place to images inspired by the meaning that place to the artist. 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 […]

Meditation Series: (6/8) Luthier Storefront, NYC (1989)

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More abstraction. My father would call this sketch ‘a violin storm’, but I wouldn’t think of doing that. 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) Luthier Storefront, NYC (1989)

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This is what I imagine to be behind the storefront, inside Luthier Rosenthal’s shop. 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: (3/8) Luthier Storefront, NYC (1989)

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I love signs painted with gold leaf, outlined in black. They are so classy. This sketch is a detail of the reference photo (taken in 1989) for this series. Luthier (Sam) Rosenthal passed away in 1968, so the shop that bore his name must have been passed down to new owners. I don’t know if his shop still […]

Violins in the Street

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Some days it easier to make art than others.  I started today’s watercolor in the same manner as yesterday. I drew three contours with my 4B pencil. I interrupted the shape that runs diagonally from lower left to upper right, with a pair of parallel, gently-curved lines. Yesterday I discussed the bi-tonal qualities of Daniel Smith’s (DS) Rose of […]