Phil

I'm a golfer, how can you not like Phil, not done yet.

Final Angel

Sorry I've taken so long to post. This is my finished piece.

Napkin Art #2

Another

I should have checked the napkin for logos on the other Side.

Digital Painting #2 - Almost There

Just About Done

Almost completed - I feel very good about the progress I've made.

Digital Painting #2

Rehab Project

I started this just before i ended up in the hospital, and have been working on it as part of my rehab each day.

Yada Yada

2 Months Today...

Today is the two month anniversary of my being rushed to the hospital because of a stroke/aorta anurisum that needed some fixing. Thanks to all my angels!

I'm on the mend, especially my right hand/arm that didn't quite work so well that Saturday. For an artist - pretty worrisome.

Anyway, family and friends have been very generous with their time and love. And I can't say enough about the help and support from my wife and children- love you guys!!

Ok- no art posts today- but I am working on another digital painting. I have about another 5-10 hrs yet before it's completed.

T

Figure Study

Figure Study #3

Completed in about 18 hours at LIAFA.
Thanks Robert!

Rehab

Right Hand Rehab - Eye Study

Since my stroke, I've been rehabbing my
right hand/arm. Getting better.

Figure Study

Sketch #2

While studying at Long Island Academy of Fine Art.

Figure Drawing

Sketch Study #1

This is my 1st figure drawing posting. Hope you like!

NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly

Study In Graphite

My kids live in NY City and NY 's Finest are on
the job keeping them safe.

Charlie Hustle Charcoal

Pete Rose bet on Baseball and lost...

Did this when he broke Ty Cobb's record.

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Katherine Hepburn

Hollywood's original leading lady!

Loved drawing this one.

Early Charcoal

Early Charcoal Sketch

Charcoal practice sketch done in the 80's.

Jack

Jack Nicklaus

I'm a golfer and Jack is still the man...

Bill Parcells

He got us 2 Super Bowls...

Could he motivate players to produce?

Color Pencil of Armstrong

This is a drawing I just found in one of my old sketch pads...

To think that the "LEM" was manufactured here on
Long Island and got Neil and crew there and back, amazing!

Graphite Sketch

I did this image of Ferrari a few years back.

From one Italian to another...well done!

Color Pencil

Ronald Reagan done in colored pencil. Loved drawing him...

I don't want to get political, but I just enjoyed drawing him.

Another Charcoal

Imagine...

I remember both joy and sadness drawing this...

Ink Oldie

Old ink drawing of one of my favorites...

Jimi Hendrix- enough said.

Napkin Art

There was a Borders book store a few blocks away that my wife and I would visit. I would look at art magazines and below is a quick sketch from one of the mags that caught my eye.

This was one of my "napkin" sketches...

Older Drawings

This was a pencil drawing of "LT" I did for my buddy Mike for his birthday a few years ago.
Hey, I got a "love you...man" for it...lol. 

Back to My Passion

This is a digital painting of Amy Winehouse I just finished
 using the program Procreate on my iPad.

Do Over

April 6th
First day of the new 2013 golf season and I never thought the day would have turned out the way it did. I was on the 3rd hole, which was a short par 3 playing about 170 yards. I hit a 4 iron a bit short and just chipped on to the green. The next thing I know ... I'm having a stroke, actually an Aortic Aneurysm. I'm only 58- I thought this only happened to older guys!

The guys I'm playing with- Steve, Gary, and George- load me up in a golf cart and take me back to the clubhouse. An ambulance is called and Steve calls my wife, Helen, to tell her the news.

At the end of the day, if I hadn't been playing golf with my buddies, my wife didn't make a phone call to Dr. Poon, and my surgeon, Dr. Gupta, wasn't at the top of his game - I'd be a statistic. Thanks to all my angels! Also, apologies for scaring the bejesus out of my kids, Jess and Jenna, and the rest of my family and friends.

It's been just about a month of healing time, but I am on the mend. More to come... in the meantime, I'm gonna concentrate on my art and my family!