Star Wars at 40

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. I actually don't remember the first time I saw that movie, or how many times I've seen it since, but I can pretty much recite it line for line. I think Empire Strikes Back is better than Star Wars, and Rogue One is probably a better movie, too. But the original will always have a special place in my heart.

USS Intrepid

I didn't draw this specifically for Fleet Week, but since it is Fleet Week, I figured this is a good time to post this one.

Water Street Pipes

A pair of pipes in front of a building on Water Street in DUMBO. I don't know what these pipes are for; pumping something in or pumping something out? They reminded me of a pair of drunk buddies, staggering home.

May The Fourth Be With You 2017

It's Star Wars Day, and the 40th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie.

Luke dreams of joining the Rebellion, or at least going to Tosche Station for some power converters.

Brooklyn Back Yard

The view from my bathroom window. I'd been planning on drawing this view for awhile, but I suddenly realized I had a deadline. There's a big tree between the window and these buildings, and one morning I noticed buds on the branches. I drew this in a morning, and a few days later, the tree was covered in leaves. This view is now a big wall of green.

Fire Sprinkler Thingamaging

I had an art professor in college who was terrible. But one project she had us do was drawings of water pipes and etchings of manhole covers. She was interested in the ways people control water. I have to admit, the project stuck with me, and I continue to be fascinated with pipes and plumbing systems. This fire sprinkler system is in the theater building at Long Island University in downtown Brooklyn.

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

This one at the corner of the LIU campus on Flatbush Ave. and Fleet St., in Downtown Brooklyn.