Inside and outside of my creative life, I always find those valuable moments of time to draw and sketch the some of events, spaces and environments on my journeys... Sometimes I think about Robert Byron touring through regions of the Middle East in search of unique towers and monuments, and wonder about Bruce Chatwin venturing through the southern tip of South America and falling in love with Patagonia...Douglas Wittnebel...
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Chicago and the river, Tribune Tower, Michigan Avenue, Walker Drive, painted view from the 11th floor of the London House hotel ... annotated version for viewing pleasure ...
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Chicago and the river, Tribune Tower, Michigan Avenue, Walker Drive, painted view from the 11th floor of the London House hotel ...
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Beijing CCTV tower once again in purple ...
dà kùchǎ (大裤衩
Every time I see this building, I have to draw it, here's a view from the restaurant level at Hotel Jen...
The CCTV main building is not a traditional tower, but a loop of six horizontal and vertical sections covering 473,000 m2(5,090,000 sq ft) of floor space, creating an irregular grid on the building's facade with an open center. The construction of the building is considered to be a structural challenge, especially because it is in a seismic zone. The architect, Ren Koolhaas has said the building "could never have been conceived by the Chinese and could never have been built by Europeans. It is a hybrid by definition". Because of its radical shape, it's said that a taxi driver first came up with its nickname dà kùchǎ (大裤衩), roughly translated as, "big boxer shorts'. Locals often refer to it as "big pants". A Chinese critic said that the structure was modeled after a pornographic image of a woman on her hands and knees, which Koolhaas has officially denied..... From Wikipedia...
Friday, February 14, 2014
Oakland urban field notes
Mock up of folded field notes of four Oakland historical buildings, illustrated...
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A selection of ink sketches done at the Ryoanji garden in Kyoto, a magical space full of mystery and a wonderful confluence of the simpl...
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I had the opportunity to create a full size wall mural drawing in my office in San Ramon for Gensler and IIDA Northern Chapter event on sust...








