Archive for the ‘MAGICAL BEINGS’ Category
Mark This One… Supreme Delight. One fine, average Friday on the way to the bank, my eyes, and the sunshine, suddenly caught pink-purple, glitter-metallic high heeled boots clip-clopping and spiraling my way…I looked up to see an astonishingly, well-suited, dapper man… briskly striding towards me, all runway-style, all M-A-J-O-R. WOW. JUST WOW. WAKE ME UP! […]
Share this:
Filed under: ARCHITECTURE, COMMUNE, CREATE, EARTH, EAT, FILM, ILLUSTRATION, ILLUSTRATIONS, INTERIOR DESIGN, JAPAN, MAGICAL BEINGS, MAGICAL BEINGS, MARRAKECH, MUSIC, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Art, NEW YORK Restaurants, NY GREEN, SCENTS, TRENDS, WOMEN | Closed
Tags: 2017, Albion, Ali, alien bones, Alkemia, Appetite for Change, Barnraiser, Bavarian Rhapsody, Beekman Hotel, bitter greens, Boro Textiles, Bouley Botanicals, Bowie, Brene Brown, Brian Greene, Brooklyn Grange, BUIASOU, Chef Daniel, Cheryl Strayed, Chiron, Citibike, Civic Fame, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Cooper Hewitt, cosmic rays, craft beer, Dancing Classrooms, David Bouley, decade dance, Departures, Derek Blasberg, DJ Cavem, Dr. Pedre, election of protection, Elevate, Elizabeth Gilbert, Emil Wilbekin, Epic Road, Familiar, Fashion 4 Development, Feng Shui, Franca Sozzani, franca-effect, Glennon Doyle Melton, Gotham, Gotham Greens, green roofs, Grow Food, GT Dave, GT Kombucha, Happy Gut, Harpers Baazar, Head to Toe, Help Refugees, Heritage Beer Sessions, Holy Toledo, Igor Polevitsky, immortal, Immortal Beloved, Isabel Toledo, Isabella, Justin Meyers, JW Cortes, kombucha, laser drones, Laverne Cox, Les Ateliers Courbet, Logan Hicks, marc jacobs, Marcus Robinson, Maria McElroy, Marie Forleo, Marrakech, Mera Rubell, Merve Oztemel, microbiome, Moonlight, Nerd Lives Matter, Neville, new years, NY Textile Month, NY1, Oculus, omen, Pantone, Paulaner NYC, Pierre Dulaine, Prince, Purvis Young, Rizzoli, Rob Bell, Rockin' NY, roof farm, Roof-Rap, Ruben Toledo, RuPaul, Santiago Calatrava, Sarah-Jane Benison, Scott Sanders, Slow Luxury, Spectacular, Standing Rock, Stephanie Simon, sustainable fashion, Tantric, Tanya Rivero, Taryn Tommey, Taryn Toomey, The Alpha Workshops, The Class, The Compassion Collective, The Cornelia Spa at The Surrey, The Fabric of the Cosmos, The Rubell Family, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, together, Together Rising, Tomas hill, transformative travel, unarthodox, urban farms, Valarie Kaur, Voluntourism, werk in, werkout, White & Blue, White Helmet, Women's March, WSJ Lunch Break
NOVEMBER 2016 Pocahontas, an American princess Stands for Standing Rock above + below, an American Saguaro cacti holding Immortal Beloved perfume. WAIT…THE ONLY NEWS IN NOVEMBER WAS THE ELECTION! WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH T. H. A. T…? This week, just after I spent some time in the heart of the American West, […]
Share this:
Filed under: ART, CREATE, EARTH, FASHION, FILM, GODDESSES, MAGICAL BEINGS, NEW YORK, TRAVEL, TRENDS, WOMEN | Closed
Tags: Abundantia, Alexis Karl, American West, Arizona, benefit, Black Athena, cacti, Celts, charity, Cleopatra, coloring book, Dan Budnik, Debi Chess Mabie, dreamtime, Edith Head, Epic Road, fashion show, Fleurette Wallach, Freya, goddess, Head to Toe, illustration, Immortal Beloved, Ixchel, jade dressler, Kwan Yin, Mama Africa, Marc Wallach, Maria McElroy, Marrakech, Maya, Merve Oztemel, Michael Haykin, Michael Williams, Moira Geoffrion, Moria Geoffrion, Pinga, Pocahontas, pop up shop, Quezalcoatl, Sacred Space, Saguaro, Saraswati, Sheela, Slow Luxury, Susan Claassen, Tara, The World's First Goddess Perfume + Coloring Book, Tucson Life, UA School of Dance, UAMA, University of Arizona Museum of Art, W. James Burns
Here is Maya Jane Coles, house music DJ and producer from UK. I adore her music and often draw to it. One of my series of portraits of magical people, she floats between an anime warrior princess and a classic “caricature” which essentially means a “loaded portrait.” My starting point for this “loaded mix” was […]
Share this:
Filed under: ILLUSTRATION, ILLUSTRATIONS, MAGICAL BEINGS, MUSIC, UK, WOMEN | Closed
Tags: DJ, female, illustration, Magical Being, Maya Jane Coles, portrait, UK house
Connecting to Magical Beings makes the uncanny appear and miracles happen. Many times drawing Pharrell Williams, my pen drew specific lines for me. My computer window would suddenly open up a window or a book page would open with exactly what I needed to see. The song playing spoke exactly on cue. The beautiful face […]
Share this:
Filed under: ART, ILLUSTRATION, MAGICAL BEINGS, MAGICAL BEINGS, MEN, MUSIC, STYLE | Closed
Tags: #artdesignbrazil, illustration, Pharrell Williams, Tibetan tiger, Vivian Westwood hat
“J’adore ma Choupette, mais when she turns tail…it tears me apart! Everytime.” Karl (note the tiny man in black above!) This is the story of how this portrait of Karl and Choupette was inspired by the annoying pony tail of my friend “Coco” (her real nickname.) At a bar one night, Coco’s pony tail was […]
Share this:
Filed under: FASHION, MAGICAL BEINGS, PARIS | Closed
Tags: #PFW, CAt, catwalk, chanel, Choupette, coco chanel, FASHION, illustration, karl lagerfeld, Paris Fashion Week, portrait, pussy cat, sketch
