My super-suave nephew. Gerry’s son.
Yalie. Speaks fluent Mandarin.
Right after I got out of college I lived with my
brother for a short time. Quin had just
turned one. He was a great little
baby. Used to love to make him
laugh. Now look at him, all grown
up. Tempus Fugit.
A big influence on me as an artist is the legendary
illustrator David Johnson. When I was
growing up he used to be a regular contributor to the NYT Book Review and every
week his portraits were so incredible- the line work, the draftsmanship, the
graphic precision- it made me want to be an illustrator. So, the drawing of Quin is my homage to DJ in
a way.
I became facebook friends with Mr. Johnson a couple
of years ago. He’s still doing
amazing work and blowing me away every time.
Every now and then he “likes” one of my portraits. I can’t tell you how that feels. It’s like Paul McCartney telling you he likes
the new song you wrote.
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