Archive for July, 2009

Remembering….

July 30, 2009

It’s been a while. I just simply wanted to say thank you. Thank you for all you taught me, thank you for the wonderful friends you put into my life.

“What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Eddie Peña
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Chartres Cathedral

July 28, 2009

This is a drawing I produced on my trip to Paris. Inside the wacky yet beautiful Chartres Cathedral I came across this statue of what appears to be the Virgin Mary being carried by angles into heaven. It really caught my attention; it brought the design of the supernatural to life.
Eddie Peña
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The Untitled Art Project

July 21, 2009

This was the last stop for Bravo’s open casting calls for a new hour long competition series among 13 up and coming contemporary artists.

Yes, I was in front of the White Columns at 5:30 am on a Sunday morning. There were a few other tryouts there that looked like they had camped out all night.

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IAGO/Deception

July 13, 2009

Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeare’s Othello. I had been reading Othello and began to think about to best way to describe Iago, the deceiver, manipulator, reptile. His tongue split down the middle ready to speak dual truths.
I know people like this, they come to believe their own truths and they believe [...]

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Coquito Man

July 6, 2009

There is nothing like a nice cold coquito on a hot noisy day under the one train. Kids yanking at moms shirt as the old man yells “COQUITO!!”
Eddie Peña
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