Tuesday, June 30, 2015


concept art for a devised piece called PORT CITIES NY. We're hoping to use the facade or a 
Red Hook Brooklyn factory as the set.

Sunday, June 28, 2015





rough drafts of a pitch by a group called TOUGH MUDDER for THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON

Friday, June 26, 2015





two hours in the Frick Collection yesterday afternoon



Wednesday, June 24, 2015

waiting on the subway. from my pocket sketchbook on toned paper


THE TEMPEST as designed by Riccardo Hernandez at the Delacorte Theater as part of Shakespeare in the Park.


some sketches of Donyale Werle's set design for A NEW BRAIN at NY City Center.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

the singer Angélique Kidjo performing live on the New Haven Green during a rain storm. Angélique performed as part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.
I attended a wonderful lecture on Sunday titled SINATRA AT 100: CULTURAL INFLUENCES BACK AND FORWARD. The panellists were Amanda Erilinger, Tina Sinatra, Charles Pignone, Gay Talese, Max Weinberg, Kurt Elling, and Robert Santelli. Gay Talese is a genius.

and with some watercolor.

Monday, June 22, 2015



working out how different entrances work for a production of COMEDY OF ERRORS. These are rough ideas used to communicate with the director.

Sunday, June 21, 2015


I attended a wonderful lecture today titled SINATRA AT 100: CULTURAL INFLUENCES BACK AND FORWARD. The panellists were Amanda Erilinger, Tina Sinatra, Charles Pignone, Gay Talese, Max Weinberg, Kurt Elling, and Robert Santelli. 

Gerrit Reitveld's BERLIN CHAIR as seen in the Yale University Art Gallery

Mortimer Menpe's porait of WHISTLER: LEFT EYE MONOCLE

Thursday, June 18, 2015


Ideas for a project on the Brooklyn waterfront in Red Hook

Monday, June 15, 2015


I saw this Dutch NAUTILUS CUP in the Yale University Art Gallery this weekend

Sunday, June 14, 2015

 
PORTRAIT OF WALTER SICKERT by J.A.M. Whistler as seen in the Yale University Art Gallery
 
NOCTURNE by J.A.M. Whistler as seen in the Yale University Art Gallery

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

did a site visit today of the Mary A Whalen, a tanker from 1936. It might be the site of a performance I'm working on for this fall. More details when we get approval from the Port Authority

Sunday, June 7, 2015


Sketching actors during tech of THE PAVILION at The Barrow Group

Thursday, June 4, 2015

another idea for COMEDY OF ERRORS for Allentown Shakespeare in the Park

Wednesday, June 3, 2015


I'm looking at a lot of Louise Nevelson sculpture while researching COMEDY OF ERRORS. This is a piece of hers called MIRROR-SHADOW VIII

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

showing a director how I can provide projection design with a Fresnel and a cardboard box

Monday, June 1, 2015

GUARDS AT THE TAJ at Atlantic Theater Company designed by Tim Mackabee