watercolor cafe time at the Murmur

detail wet wash letters of Kyoto hiragana

 

Kyoto Map watercolor time

 

Ayu Bakehouse in New Orleans ... Marigny

 

Location of Ayu Bakehouse in New Orleans

 

Neighborhood walking map exercise

A visit to Kamakura on a very hot humid day in July...

... On a travel day going from Hayama back to Tokyo, we took a side trip to visit the Daibutsu in Kamakura... traveling on the Enoden train from the Kamakura station over to Hase station, and then walking north to the site ...

Another voyage over to the Asian world, dropping into Beijing...

Campground, beaches, and the map hand drawn...

Along the northern coast of California, just a bit north from Fort Ross, here you can find Salt Point Park, Gerstle Cove, Stump Beach, wildlife refuge cove, and a set of trails along the rocky coast...

Oakland and building memories...

My article on memories and buildings in Oakland, part one...

http://www.gensleron.com/cities/2015/2/17/evolving-memories-within-oakland.html

Boston banner illustration installation

...and now I have received a photo from Jeanne Nutt in our Gensler Boston office, where we can see the installation of the Boston illustration.  Super! 

 

A view into the future of Oakland, a speculation...Work Live, Love and Thrive in the City

 

 

The presentation video for the Work in the City project has now been submitted.  One of the images featured in the video is an illustration of the city of Oakland in a future speculative view...shown here is the lower left corner of the illustration.

 

"Speculation, like nature, abhors a vacuum"  Spinoza

Urbanist magazine article updated

 

http://www.spur.org/publications/article/2014-03-10/urban-field-notes-new-drawings-old-buildings

 

Urbanist magazine article, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

 

Tokyo, Japan trip

Tokyo, Japan trip, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Map sketch of the Tokyo trip and visit...

Map aerial Tahoe painting

Map aerial Tahoe painting, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A sample painted version of the map portion showing LakeTahoe water hues and lines to the forest ...

and then don't forget the map...

 

 

part of the notebook version from the Northwest road trip, a handdrawn and colored map showing a portion of the ferry route from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo on the island...maps are such a wonderful way of remembering where you have been and where you may want to go...

The map of India, places that I visited in the week of the journey...

First stop was New Delhi, then a quick flight to Mumbai, a jump on Indigo airlines (cool) down to Chennai (formerly Madras) and finally 30 minute flight to Bangalore for the last leg of research, before jetting to Dubai and back to California...

fold out panorama view of portrait format images of the diving trip

I brewed this up in photoshop with the idea of creating a fold out sequence of images within a watery realm...

Journey to Isla Guadalupe

Have just returned from a memorable journey to the Oceano Pacifico, and Isla Guadalupe, about 185 miles south west of Ensenada, Mexico.   It was a truly fascinating trip that included diving in cages with Great White Sharks and habitat viewing of a variety of pinnipeds on this natural preserve.   I am going to begin with a posting of the maps that I have drawn of the region and the island and then follow up with some details on what can be seen and observed...