Second Cartoon Portrait of President-Elect Obama

I was in a dingy, but slightly welcoming Irish bar near Penn Station in Manhattan, between 6th and 7th Avenue a few nights ago to practice my drawing skills. The place is perfect for sketching or writing.(Drawing after jump.) It’s long and narrow, with a few tables and a modestly-sized TV in the back. (The [...]

Portrait of Barack Obama

This is my first portrait of president-elect Barack Obama. (Drawing after jump.) I created this about two weeks ago, as the post-election hysteria faded and the reality of the daunting tasks that lie ahead of our new president occupied the pundit class.
Obama is a talented and capable man. But, he confronts enormous challenges that are [...]

Hank’s Dirty Boys’ Club

Henry M. Paulson Jr. announced today, from the headquarters of his newly formed “Dirty Boys’ Club” $800 billion in new loans and debt purchases to steer America away from another Great Depression. (Drawing after jump.) Hank hopes that this latest infusion of federal funds and guarantees will help thaw out credit markets, which in turn, [...]

Steel Coil- By Matt Johnson / From the Collection of Greg Strid

“Images That Lie Between” by Henry G. Sanchez

Artist Statement:
I appropriate images from political advertisements, campaign flyers, and mailings to create digital prints with glitter. I use glitter to obscure and disguise certain features of the images to expose a tension between adoration and mystery.
“El Gringo de la Bachata”- glitter on ink-jet print, 18” x 24”, 2004

“Supporting the Column”- glitter on ink-jet [...]

The Prince – An ink on paper drawing

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Painting by Matt Lahm

“Nude behind glass, barcode and ball 2 “
Oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″
Winter 2006

Sad Machine

Mind Dragon