Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Merry Christmas from San Francisco!


Here is the first batch of drawings made around town since I moved to this great city.  I have lots more exploring to do over the holidays so more sketches to come in the New Year . . . Happy Holidays folks!


  • 1  The East Bay Bridge viewed from Emeryville (the 'Eye of Sauron visible in back)


  • 2 Coit Tower & telegraph Hill from Embarcadero


  • 3 Francis Ford Coppola's building at the lower end of Columbus Ave.


  • 4 Haight Ashbury where the pungent aroma of weed still hangs in the air!


  • 5 Lombard St.


  • 6 In the Mission District




  • 6 Sleepy Noe Valley-my neighbourhood!



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  • 8 Chinatown Gate



  • 9 Grant Ave.



  • 10 Intersection of Columbus & Broadway where the Beats meet the Red Light.  Apparently 'The Condor' is the site of America's first Topless Dance . . . a site of historical significance. I drew this from the top deck of 'Vesuvio' where Jack Kerouac used to drink.


24 comments:

  1. These are great! Are they done with a brushpen?

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  2. Красота!ЗдороВО!

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  3. 'Any kindness'!

    These are tremendous, Matt. Have a great Christmas.

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  4. These are awesome!

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  5. These are wonderful. Full of your usual verve and playfulness. I visited S.F a few years ago - loved it.

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  6. gert lush! How about doing a panorama and selling some prints, mr jones?

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  7. Hey Matt, These are incredible!
    I always love the clarity in your drawings.

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  8. Can you just stop being so...so...y'know! It's making the rest of us look bad...

    PS: Happy Christmas from Heathrow Terminal 1...Airside! I'm finally out of the UK! Only took 4 days!

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  9. tons of character in these sketches Matt. Nice

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  10. man this is such a sick post! thanks for sharing these great sketches

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  11. These are truly wonderful.

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  12. Glad to see you're still doing these, Matt! Where's that book?...

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  13. Really impressive! Always enjoy your work and now these are some of my favorites. Thanks for sharing!

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  14. Great stuff Matt, Merry Christmas too

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  15. Iloooooooove your work.....they are amazing and charmig!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Many thanks for the comments folks-Happy New Year!!

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  17. Great stuff Matt they truly look terrific! Have a great 2011 ;)

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  18. Nice sketches of some iconic places!

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  19. THEY'RE ALL MAD I TELL YOU............

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  20. these are great! thanks for charing

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