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India Sketchbook 3

Here are some more sketches from my India sketchbook.

These images are from New Delhi and Agra.

India Sketchbook 2

Here are some more pages from my India 2010 travel sketchbook.
These pages include sketches from Kumarakom, Cochin, the Museum of Pondicherry and the Five Rathas of Mahabalipuram.

India Sketchbook 1

I traveled with a sketchbook while I was in India. Drawing and painting at any given location turned out to be a great way to meet people and notice things that I would otherwise pass by. Also, sitting somewhere and drawing in my sketchbook for an hour or two allowed me to soak [...]

Photos from India

This past winter I visited India.
It was an amazing trip with so many different experiences, sights, tastes, unforgettable images and perhaps most of all–wonderful people.  All my thanks to Samyukta and Dharini and their families and to all the really great people I met along the way. Here are [...]

Pics from the Show

These are some pics from the show, courtesy of my sis/photographer extraordinaire, Mika-Celine Shiozawa:

Whew.

Had my show.  It was a great experience, like no other exhibition I’ve ever had.  It was so great to have it at the Aegean Center, amongst my old professors and fellow colleagues.  Also, my brother Ken and my sister Mika were able to make it, which really meant a lot.  The exhibition felt [...]

Painting Exhibition: July 24 - August 10


Development of a Painting: Hera and Zeus

I just finished a new painting, Hera and Zeus.  It is another in my series of myth paintings, which I will be exhibiting at the end of July this year.  Zeus, king of the gods on Mt. Olympus and Hera, the most powerful goddess were also brother and sister, children of the titan Kronos. Zeus [...]

The Family Videos (Round 2)

Last summer I blogged about how I had barely scratched the surface in the epic project of digitizing my family home videos.  For me last summer, it didn’t work out.  Now, thankfully, my brother has taken over the helm and he is taking care of the massive endeavor to move all of our analog tapes [...]

March 28…

… and we move the clock up one hour.
At least here in Greece we did.  I think in the States folks moved their clocks up around three weeks ago.
Relevant time differences now: seven hours ahead of New York, eight hours ahead of MN, and still one hour ahead of Paris.
So on this Sunday what did [...]