I'm on Vacation

Later today I will be leaving New York to spend a week with my parents in Chicago and to see the opening of the Chicago production of Billy Elliot. I am sad that I will be missing a very important week of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Cherry Blossom Festival. (As I promised in my first blog posting several weeks ago I am now proud supporting member of this fine institution and I encourage everyone to support their local botanical garden, community garden, or arboretum!)

Currently I am working on an illustration from one of my favorite spots in Central Park. When I return to Brooklyn I will have more time to sit down and finish it. For now I am posting an illustration I worked on a few years back of the Cherry Esplanade in Brooklyn in full bloom. (Imagine that this black and white illustration is in color! ...and not just any color, imagine that it such a crazy bright pink that it recalls cotton candy, 80's fashions, and Mary Kay Cadillacs simultaneously!)

I wish everyone an exciting Spring with beautiful weather!

Finished Product

This is a brief posting. I just wanted to upload an image of the completed Madison Ave window design. My painted birch trees are hanging out with the real birch tree trunks. All together I think they make a great looking window. (By the way, email me if you are thinking, "Hey that bedding would look great in my house!")