Brush Drawing of Madonna and Child After Raphael - The Sistine Madonna (c 1513-4) Size:14" x 17" Unframed Original The prints are slightly smaller

The prints are slightly smaller with the image size at 20" x 16" on 22" x 17" paper so they fit in a standard (inexpensive) 24" x 20" frame and are printed on Hahnemuhle German Etching paper which has a slight texture

The cold couldn't keep the fun out of Mardi Gras

with a new emphasis on capturing the zeitgeist of the times

The drawing became about contrast—about how something brand-new can still hold the signs of change

Brush Drawing of Madonna and Child After Raphael - The Sistine Madonna (c 1513-4) Size:14" x 17" Unframed Original The prints are slightly smallerThis drawing is based on an enormously famous painting by the great Raphael from the sixteenth century that was caused people to enter a stage of religious ecstasy when they first were exposed to it. In my drawing, I'm attempting to get to the essence of the relationship between the mother and child, with as few lines as possible. This piece is part of my upcoming exhibition The Faces of CHiPs What if God lived in Gowanus? a series of studies and