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.
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. @annefrankhouse#AnneFrank#writers
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@artists@art#ArtMuseums@MarciaTucker411
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?). @vangoghartist@vangoghmuseum#artist#painters#CrimeFiction#thrillers
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
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@vangoghartist#AuthorsOfTwitter
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. @johnlennon@yokoono#drawing
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.
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
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. @BarackObama@MichelleObama#drawing#Sketching#pencilsketch
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? @MickJagger@RollingStones#inkdrawing#Sketching
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
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) @JoyceCarolOates#literature#writer
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!