California Dreamin'

I recently came back from teaching two classes on location in SoCal to my MFA in Illustration Class. I couldn't help but sneak in a few drawings on my own-
My love for line usually overtakes all that I do, but when in Venice Beach, how could one not be seduced by the color and the swaying palms???!!!

SHOW TIME!

Please join me in celebrating Women's History Month- and visiting with some of the amazing women that I have seen and met through my travels.

I Want Beach!

No hidden message here- I miss the beach. The tone in these drawings is not the sky, but the ever-present clouds of smoke from the burning of the sugar cane. A contrast and reality check on the beauty of the beach. And this is how much I love drawing- I am willing to let you see me in my bathing suit! Filmed by my mystery man on the beach in La Romana.

Untitled from Memi on Vimeo.

BocaChica Chica

Just back from a month in the glorioso Dominican Republic where, while driving into Santo Domingo, I caught this entrepreneurial mujer. It was a fleeting, but powerful moment for me. I suppose that her thought might be "Sex Sells" as it does all over our globe- but underneath her stance I saw, for that brief minute, great beauty and soulful eyes. Thanks to all of you and your support last year, she will be appearing as part of a show that I am having in NYC in honor of Womens' History Month, Another Woman's Life.Stay tuned-
I will be posting info shortly....

Working Woman

This image is part of the faculty exhibition, Lightness, at the Museum at FIT. It is derivative of a series of drawings that I made of the beautiful Haitian fruitseller on the beaches of the Dominican Republic. You can see that here. Should any of the work be sold, a portion will be donated to the ongoing, but often now forgotten, relief efforts in Haiti.

Sky High

A few nights ago, I had the honor of speaking about my experience as an Air Force artist on a panel at the Society of Illustrators in New York. This is one of those unexpected perks of drawing that I could have never imagined. It is a proud, humbling, and often sobering experience to be included on a mission. These drawings are from a re-fueling mission that I was on- extremely cool trip that I will never forget!

It's Fashion Week in NYC