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Travel Journal: Art, Design and Sketching in Savannah

May 14, 2015

As much as I love epic art trips to another country, a welcome trip to a familiar place is a wonderful way to relax and enjoy. It's been about four years since last I visited the home of my adult childhood

Oscar De La Renta “His Legendary World of Style” @ SCADMuseum of Art

April 21, 2015

This past week I visited Savannah College of Art and Design, my alma mater. Much has changed at SCAD including the addition of the Museum of Art which currently houses the first posthumous Oscar de la Renta

Fashion Talks Proenza Schouler @ fi:af

April 20, 2015

The French Institute in New York is having some exceptional fashion events going on over the next few weeks. Last week's "Fashion Talks" with Proenza Schouler was a fun journey down current fashion

Street Sketching @ Saks 5th Ave.

April 5, 2015

I like to doodle in my Moleskin. Here is a current window montage from Saks 5th Avenue featuring Emanuel Ungaro. I used my Lukas watercolors with Winsor & Newton white gouache

A Look in My Book: Natural Selection

March 24, 2015

Motifs from nature permeate fashion trends season after season. Here are a few collected specimens across recent seasons. You may recall the last time I did a few of theses in my "Sea and Air" post

Pop HortiCulture: We’ll see YOU, at the Movies!

March 7, 2015

Spring is nearly upon us once again. It's become a tradition for a wild assortment of my garden variety pals to pilgrimage to Philadelphia and see the Horticulture Show. (Read about past excursions

Fashion Sketching from Life with Markers

March 2, 2015

Sketching from life is vital to an energetic and informed illustration. Luckily, in New York City there are many opportunities to find your flavor of life drawing. Be it academic, fashion, sequential art/ animation or

A Look in My Book: Romance in Black, Red and White

February 25, 2015

Garrott Designs Sketchbook: Dolce & Gabanna/ Celine Spring 2015 Trend

A Look in My Book: A Stitch in Time

February 24, 2015

Spring 2015 "A Stitch in Time". Brought to you (mostly) by Prada and Lanvin.

A Look in My Book: Motocross Meets Picasso

February 12, 2015

Time to look at a trend that is so near and dear to me it's practically family. Actually, it IS family, Motocross! When Marc by Marc Jacobs broke Fall 2014 with his motocross inspired collection

Pinspiration- Breaking in the New Moleskin

February 2, 2015

Believe it or not, I've never actually owned a Moleskin sketchbook. I am always looking for new kinds, with different paper, covers etc. I have all sorts but I've never had a Moleskin. I recently got one after reading

Creative Thinker/ List Maker

January 3, 2015

It's a common misconception that creative people aren't organized, goal oriented or even make lists. This may have been the case in past generations but I can tell you within my broad community of professional artists, designers

Window Shopping: Holiday 2014

December 15, 2014

I love my assignment of researching retail trends especially during the holiday season. I eagerly await the unveiling of windows at Bergdorf Goodman, Sak's 5th Ave, Macy's and Lord and Taylor. Taking

Sketch Journal: Munich

December 8, 2014

Lets see, where did we leave off... yes, here were were, on the train from Paris to Munich. We arrived in Munich late at night and hungry. After checking into our hotel we ventured out

Brunch with Egon Schiele and “Death Becomes Her” @ the MET

November 24, 2014

Part of the " creative lifestyle" in my corner of the world involves getting creative minds together to enjoy things of common interest. This past Saturday was a gathering for brunch at the

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