TWO PORTRAITS OF NICK AND SOME ROOTS

Nick is a really sweet model who has a very hard, military drill sargent-type look. The challenge is to make the person show through...

18"x24" oil pencil on gray tinted paper
9"x12" oil pencil and acrylic gesso on canvas

Roots 16"x18" oil pastel and graphite on gray tinted paper

AN ORGY OF PARSNIPS

I was waiting for my daughter to get out of (minor) surgery at BI in Union Square while the Greenmarket was in progress. Saw these gargantuan amazing parsnips. I was compelled to find Utrecht and get some paper- already had pencils,etc.

Didn't have enough time to do more, since I had to keep one eye on the clock for Sarah to get out of recovery.

approx. 18x24, oil pencil on heavy paper