Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel or Dr. Seuss was born on March 2nd in 1904. This a graphite mini (3.5 X 5in, 8.9 X 12.7cm) portrait of him in honour of his birthday.

What’s your favourite of his books?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", Graphite. 2012

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on this day (February 27) in 1807. This a graphite mini (3.5 X 5in, 8.9 X 12.7cm) portrait of him in honour of his birthday.

“He has left the village and mounted the steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders that skirt its edge,
Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge,
Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.” Paul Revere’s Ride

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Robert Burns

I just finished my Burns Night project, so I am all set for tomorrow. It’s a sidewalk chalk drawing of Robert Burns, under it is the last verse of “Scots Wha Hae”:

“Lay the proud usurper low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty’s in every blow!-
         Let us do, or die!”

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The Moment

("The Moment", C.nick Arach, 2011)

Inspired by Dostoyevsky's "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man"

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For Edgar,

 

My pen is behaving badly (yes I am blaming the pen), it took me two tries to get it right and I’m leaving it up to you to decide if it is right.

Today (January 19) is Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday so in honour of the occasion I’m posting the pen sketch above. One of my favourites (couldn’t pick just one) from his work is “The Gold-Bug”, what’s yours?

C.nick Arach