The Way
Composed of salvaged oil tanks, “The Way” a massive sculpture by artist and designer Alexander Liberman that stands 65′ high is the signature piece of …
27 Jun
Bases loaded!
Bases loaded!
Go Cards! Win or lose watching a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium from the suite level is indeed sweet. I sketched this view from the suite level …
25 Apr
Cavalia Big Top
Cavalia Big Top
Another view. I couldn’t resist returning to the Cavalia big top for another sketch, see 2/17/2012; this time on a larger format page. I blocked in the sky …
17 Apr
Gazebo, DeMenil Place
Gazebo, DeMenil Place
Private garden. Beyond a picket fence and surrounded by dogwoods, oaks and shrubbery, this view from the sidewalk of a gazebo in a private garden was …
16 Apr
Grafitti Wall
Grafitti Wall
Legal grafitti. While grafitti is considered to be criminal defacement of property and a sure sign of urban decay there is a place in St. Louis where it is …
11 Apr
Alley, DeMenil Place
Alley, DeMenil Place
Alley view. An alley is literally a back of the house view but offers the sketch hunter the visual challenge: How do you represent the scene in an …
10 Apr
Up on the roof…
Up on the roof…
Satellite dishes. The stair well on top floor of the Keiner Plaza East parking garage bristles with satellite dishes. Like all forms of clutter after awhile they become invisible …
08 Apr
Wainwright tomb, Bellefontaine Cemetery
Wainwright tomb, Bellefontaine Cemetery
Louis Sullivan designed one of the most sublime architectural creations anywhere for Ellis Wainwright in 1891. The arrangement of simple forms and the restrained use surface embellishments …
07 Apr
Portico, Missouri Botanical Garden
Portico, Missouri Botanical Garden
Elegant garden folly. Now preserved as a garden feature in the Temperate House, this classical stone porticco was the entrance to St. Leo’s Catholic School built in 1902. According to …
