Kia Ora, readers! This beautiful Māori-language greeting is one of the many things I’ve learned while participating in the 11th International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Auckland last week. It is used to express all sorts of well wishes, including hello, goodbye, good morning or thank you. Keep on reading for more highlights about the Symposium and other […]

Hello readers, Did you travel over spring break? I spent the week in Querétaro, a booming city in central Mexico known for its well-preserved Spanish colonial architecture, and as the cradle of Mexico’s independence from Spanish rulers in the early 1800s. The visit, made possible by Urban Sketchers Querétaro, was beyond meaningful. My pocket sketchbook is […]

Hello readers and greetings from Seattle, As springs turns around, I’m wrapping up some projects and starting new ones. Last Monday, I shared the stage with Rita Sabler at the Seattle University Book Store for the presentation of her book, New York Reawakens. Melanie Reim’s Different and the Same, my second Sketcher Press book, is off to press. (Get free shipping within the […]

Hello readers, This is my twice-a-month post highlighting timely work by artists who draw on the spot and aim to capture a sense of place and time.  For the sake of simplicity, I refer to all these artists as sketchers. Every sketcher has a unique style and gravitates to different subjects. But we all have […]