D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator #obitpix #dangelo #randb #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

I choose to fail that way I succeed.

Sunrise, Sunset

No Kings? More like no belts!

Jeffrey Meldrum, Scholar Who Stalked Bigfoot #obitpix #jeffreymeldrum #bigfoot #artofinstagram #gouachepainting #illustration #portraitdrawings

It’s been weeks since Stinky the feral black cat has come to my door for a meal. But the other night he did come to me in a dream. I opened the door and he rushed in the house, rubbing up against me affectionately. I’m really obsessed with that guy.

Stark Raving Men

Conri’s a Trumper!

Derek Rose, Impeccable Purveyor of Luxury Pajamas #obitpix #derekrose #artofinstagram #gouchepainting #illustration #portraitpainting

Ira squeezing into an extra small T-shirt (intended for Helena) for the No Kings protest, showing solidarity among other things.

Getting ready to virtue signal or hate America, depending on your perspective.

Ace Frehley, a Founding Member of Kiss #obitpix #acefrehley #kiss #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

From paint we came, to leftover paint we return.

Psychological, allegorical, exposing our Puritan past, Gothic and supernatural, critics call Nathaniel Hawthorne literature dark romanticism, but I read these odd tales as the birth of weird Americana. Hawthorne’s Short Stories (@IReadVintage) by Nathaniel Hawthorne #FridayReads

Alfa-Betty Olsen (with actor and humorist Marshall Efron), Behind-the-Scenes ‘Comic Conspirator’ #obitpix #alfabettyolsen #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portaraitdrawing

This hooligan is 22 today. Happy birthday, Ira!

Ada and I have a Conri on our backs.

Losing It at Work

Toby Talbot, Impassioned Promoter of Art Films #obitpix #tobytalbot #arthousecinema #author #revivalhouse #artofinstagram #brishdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

All the stories I’d tell to entertain my schoolyard friends ended in a deus ex machina, nuclear explosion. #tbt

Try and Keep Cool in a Burning City

Be nice…

Danny Thompson, Bassist Who Defied Folk Conventions #obitpix #dannythompson #bassist #britishfolk #pentangle #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

We had the young pine tree removed. It was too close to the house. I nurtured that babe from a seedling. I feel like a monster.

Might as well jump! @ohthehorrorla #zombie #horror #comedy #webcomics

Diane Keaton, Film Legend, Fashion Trendsetter and Champion of Los Angeles’ Past #obitpix #dianekeaton #actress #preservationist #artofinstagram #gouachepainting #illustration #portraitdrawing

Simon gave a man pushing a cart of his belongings, and rambling incoherently, a dollar outside the Ralph’s. I felt proud of him until then man said, “I’m going to shoot all the n-words I see,” only he didn’t say n-word. That would have been weird.

Everything’s Gonna Be Alright

“I tried to draw every type of white guy” — Ada

Renato Casaro, ‘Michelangelo of Movie Posters’ #obitpix #renatocasaro #artist #movieposters #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

Ada and I wanted to attend the Crumb opening last week and, though we both were excited to see his drawings, neither of us wanted to deal with the crowds. Later, we were surprised to hear the cartoonist was there. “Are you sad you didn’t get to meet him?” Ada asked. I said, “No!”

Kaleb Horton was just hired as a writer for NewsJunkie, the startup my oldest works at. He just died of a seizure at 37. www.newsjunkie.net/article/kale...

Conri stole my eraser.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper East Side #obitpix #saulzabar #zabars #artofinstagram #gouachepainting #illustration #portraitpainting

We drove all the way to Westchester for a poetry open mic. Helena read this great poem and I bought the new Thomas Pynchon novel. The cover image and the epigraph quoting Bela Lugosi from “The Black Cat” clinched the deal.

We made it (with the Queen of Paranoia)!

What does Janie want?

Sylvia Blackwell, Mother of My Good Friend and Musician, Ricky ‘Swamp Boy’ Terry #obitpix #sylviablackwell #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

Watching Inherent Vice

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The leftover paint knows!

Ken Jacobs (right, with wife Flo Jacobs), Visionary Experimental Filmmaker #obitpix #kenjacobs #experimentalfilmmaket #undergroundcinema #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

Say no to tourism! But soon the United States will be no different than corrupt Antiqua. We’ll all wish we were tourists. A Small Place (@fsgbooks) by Jamaica Kincaid #FridayReads

Drawn at a friend’s storytelling event.

Drawn in the dark at a poetry reading.

Richard Moe, Mondale Aide Became Historic Preservationist #obitpix #richardmoe #nationaltrust #historicpreservation #artofinstagram #gouachepainting #illustration #portraitpainting

This is Earnie, co-owner and bartender at the Holland Bar in Hell’s Kitchen, sadly no longer in operation. He asked me to bring him young livers and I did. I got two-thirds of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drunk there. It curled their bellbottoms. Ernie has retired in Florida. #tbt

Suits in Space

Comix

Darlene Hoffman (receiving the National Medal of Science from then-President Bill Clinton), Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry #obitpix #darlenehoffman #nuclearchemist #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

Except for my body and my mind, I don’t feel old.