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Drawing Cary Grant on his birthday. Here (in sepia ink) with Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock's "Notorious." Liz & Monty sneaked in from "A Place in the Sun" in pencil. A drawing wit kissing on the brain. #CaryGrant #IngridBergman #Hitchcock #drawing #pencilDrawing #inkDrawing #Movies

Happy Birthday the brilliant NINA SIMONE, here in pencil. NS: “Sometimes I sound like gravel and sometimes I sound like coffee and cream.” But she always sounds great!

Happy Birthday to one of the great writers of our time, correction, all time. The brilliant, prolific, diverse, experimental, challenging, generous in words, spirit, & friendship, Joyce Carol Oates. (with my small pencil sketch of the two us) Joyce Carol Oates #literature #writer

For Father’s Day, a pic of my grandfather, Sam Brill, the most important man in my young life, a great storyteller who no doubt influenced me & told me there was nothing I could not do. Here, in front of his dry cleaning store in the Bronx. #FathersDay #grandfathers #mentors

Got my inks and brushes out to do a quick sketch of Mick Jaager on his 79th Birthday (1 day late). Mick, remember, back in your 20s when you said, “When I'm 33, I quit.” Want to reevaluate that? Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones #inkdrawing #Sketching

Got out my pencils plus a little inky blue wash to draw Obama on his birthday. These are 2 separate drawings lobbed together. But why not, I imagine he got a birthday kiss from Michelle. Happy Birthday Barack Obama. Barack Obama Michelle Obama #drawing #Sketching #pencilsketch

Today, 1 day only, THE LAST MONA LISA ebook on sale! #thrillers #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #LeonardoDaVinci #monaLisa #painting #art #renaissance

Got out my black and white acrylic paints to celebrate the great Robert Mitchum on his birthday. Here with Jane Greer, in one of my all-time favorite film noir melodramas "Out of the Past." #FilmNoir #acrylicpainting #RobertMitchum #movies #blackandwhite

My street this October 7th morning. Been upstate writing (on the sequel to THE LAST MONA LISA, yes, still, but it's coming), and always happy to come home to my extraordinary NYC flower market street.

Pencils out for John Lennon on his birthday, Oct 9, 1940. Senselessly shot and killed Dec 8, 1980. “All we are saying is give peace a chance,” John and Yoko in words and song, July 1969. John Lennon Yoko Ono #drawing

Pencils out for Hollywood's brilliant, talented & tragic "love goddess" Rita Hayworth. #RitaHayworth #filmstars #hollywood #actresses #OrsonWells #pencilsketch #drawings

Finally the cover of my new book, THE LOST VAN GOGH, sequel to THE LAST MONA LISA. Stay tuned for more info pics and videos as well as everything you always wanted to know about Van Gogh plus a few surprises #BookCovers #thrillers #CrimeFiction Vincent van Gogh #AuthorsOfTwitter

My quick pencil sketch of Bob Dylan on his 82nd Birthday. Makes me feel old and young all at once. May you stay forever young, Bobby Zimmerman. Bob Dylan Music of Bob Dylan #SingerSongwriter #FolkMusic #musician #pencilsketch #Drawing #Sketching #rockmusic #aging

Hearing the news that Tina Turner died knocked me out and I did what I always do when I want to hold onto someone: made a drawing. This one, in ink. What a loss to the world but her music and legend live on. Tina Turner: simply the best

Copy edits finished on “The Lost Van Gogh!” Moving forward with excitement as Luke Perrone, Alexis Verde and John Washington Smith risk it all once again in the name of art and decency (remember that?). Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh Museum #artist #painters #CrimeFiction #thrillers

Marcia Tucker in Gagosian's summer mag. Brilliant curator. Founder of The New Museum. Fired from the Whitney for "radical" thinking i.e. including women and people of color in museum shows! Champion of artists and good friend. #Curators Arthur Bullardists @art #ArtMuseums Marcia Tucker

Remembering Anne Frank on her birthday, June 12, 1929. Her brilliant witty hopeful diary a lesson in faith and humanity. Here, pictured, a sink in the one bathroom shared by 8 people, a photo of Anne, both at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Anne Frank House #AnneFrank #writers

I was sure THE LOST VAN GOGH was finished but my grandson suggested I add kittens to chapter 1, puppies to chapter 2, and a visit to the zoo, to cheer Vincent up! Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh Museum #thrillers @historicalfiction #grandchildren @crimeFiction #Grandparents @painters

An honor to moderate the post-screening conversation with Joyce Carol Oates & Stig Bjorkman who has brought the literary legend's life to the screen. IFCFilms @IFC Joyce Carol Oates Stig Björkman @documentaryFilm Writers & W' Lov @filmmakers #Documentary

Dubbed "The First Mona Lisa" (sounds like a prequel to my 2021 novel "The Last Mona Lisa) with claims that it is an earlier version painted by Leonardo himself. Real or Fake? What do you think? I know what I think.