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New York, New York

Published on September 15, 2009 By Eddie Pena

Grand Central Station.
Eddie Peña
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The Bronx Botanical Garden

Published on August 31, 2009 By Eddie Pena

I went to The Botanical Gardens the other day and instead of drawing flowers I found myself in the middle of a cooking demonstration. It is one of many summer-long exhibitions the Garden is hosting.  It was fun drawing these guys, but the best part was eating the food! Thanks.
Eddie Peña

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral Reportage

Published on August 22, 2009 By Eddie Pena

A quick drawing of St. Patrick’s Cathedral (NYC). It’s a place I enjoy to go draw, lot’s of complication and scale.
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Remembering….

Published on July 30, 2009 By Eddie Pena

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

Published on July 28, 2009 By Eddie Pena

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.
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IAGO/Deception

Published on July 13, 2009 By Eddie Pena

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 [...]

Coquito Man

Published on July 6, 2009 By Eddie Pena

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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Mechanically recovered meat

Published on June 27, 2009 By Eddie Pena

A hot dog (frankfurter, frank, wiener, weenie) is a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry. I live here in New York City and WISDOM tells me don’t touch those hot dogs but sometimes HUNGER gets the better of me. You would think the term [...]

A Drawing of My Abuelo

Published on June 19, 2009 By Eddie Pena

One Drawing a Day, that’s 365 drawings in a year. Not bad, it’s fortunate for my colleagues and I that we love to draw. As reportage artists, Illustrators, designers, photographer, film makers and painters we love to think with our hands.
The drawing for today speaks for itself. That’s my Grandpa, he has the [...]

NYC Central Park Drawing

Published on June 11, 2009 By Eddie Pena

I couldn’t help it, I had to get another park drawing in. It’s so nice out here. Eddie Peña
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