Category: Action Painting & Talks

This digital sketch was created live at a fascinating panel discussion titled “To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar’s Stock Market Debut” that took place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. I used an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app.

The panelists, from left to right, were:
Paul Noglows, Ex-Hambrecht & Quist; coauthor, forthcoming book on H&Q and Robertson Stephens;
Lawrence Levy, Former CFO, Pixar, author of “To Pixar And Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History”;
Michael McCaffery, Former President & CEO, Robertson Stephens & Company; and
Cristina Morgan, Former Head of Technology Investment Banking, Hambrecht & Quist.

A recording of this wonderful discussion will be posted on the CHM Blog in the near future. You’ll also find on this blog a tribute to the 2018 CHM Fellow Dame Stephanie Shirley who I had the great pleasure to meet and draw her digital portrait at the Oxford Internet Institute in 2008.

Thank you to the panelists for a fascinating and personal insight into this amazing piece of Silicon Valley history. Thank you to the CHM and their great staff for organizing and hosting this event. The quote in the upper left of my sketch, “Steve was much more interested in getting to the right answer than being right”, was shared by Lawrence about his experiences traveling and working alongside Steve Jobs during the Pixar IPO.

This painting was created live in the beautiful Transamerica Pyramid 27th Floor Sky Lounge at the Red Curtain Addict’s “The Art of Jazz” event featuring Marcus Shelby and his Harlem of the West Players, plus poetry by Enid Pickett. See Red Curtain Addict’s Instagram post.

The performers were:
Marcus Shelby (bass) – marcusshelby.com
Christopher Lowell Clarke (trumpet)
Dana Salzman (piano)
Jimmy Gallagher (drums)
Ash Stallard (vocalist)
Enid Pickett (poet) – enidpickett.com

I used an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. The iPad screen was projected on a large flat panel display so guests could enjoy watching the painting evolve and develop.

photo by Peggy

video by Peggy

To purchase a float-framed fine art canvas print of “The Art of Jazz at the Transamerica Pyramid”, the artwork I created at this event, or any of the artworks that were on display at the event (see photos below), please email me at jeremy@jeremysutton.com.

“Marcus Shelby Plays Bass”, 2009, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 48″ x 72″

“Marcus Shelby Jazz”, acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″

“Mary Stallings at the Battery Club”, digital print, 24″ x 13″

Thank you Kari and Parker, co-founders of Red Curtain Addict, Marcus and the Harlem of the West Players, the poet Enid, official event photographer Guru, plus Marina and her team at the Transamerica Pyramid.

“Thank you for bringing such a unique aspect to our wedding day. I have gotten a lot of great feedback about your work and how much everyone enjoyed seeing it come together.” ~ Luke & Sam

I created this painting at Luke & Sam’s wedding, capturing energy and flow of the celebration – from the ceremony and outdoor reception, to the first dance and dinner.

I used an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. The iPad screen was projected on a large flat panel display so guests could enjoy watching the painting evolve and develop.

Congratulations to Luke & Sam!!

I created this painting at “The ART of Cancer Care: An Elekta Evening Event at ASTRO 2025” in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). In this instance ART stands for both Adaptive Radiation Therapy as well as the more conventional meaning of art as in the creative and innovative product of artistry and mastery. The “adaptive” moniker applied to what I was doing as a live event painter, adapting to an ever-changing scene, as well as to the technical meaning of a radiation therapy system that dynamically adapts and responds in real time to movement of the patient during therapy.

Reflecting this, besides capturing the scene, energy and flow of the evening, I also represented in the upper region of the painting the shrinking and elimination of tumors. From left to right four examples are portrayed: liver treatment; a dosage plan (highest dosage in red); tumor response to MR (Magnetic Resonance)-guided ART; and a treatment plan for pancreatic cancer. If you carefully watch the replay video (above) you will see them change with time.

I used an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. The iPad screen was projected on two large flat panel displays in two locations in the reception area so guests could enjoy watching the painting evolve and develop over the course of the evening.

As a personal aside, my father, Maurice, was a consultant radio (radiation) therapist and Head of Oncology at the North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton, Enfield, North London. He would have been amazed at the incredible technological advances in his field!

I live painted Jessica Ashooh playing the piano in my studio. This was painted directly from life as Jessica played. I used an iPad Pro with Apple pencil and the Procreate app.

Thank you, Jessica, for your wonderful collaboration and inspiration!

I made this painting of Jessica Ashooh playing the cello as a live painting demo at my Spring Open Studios. I used an iPad pro with Apple pencil and the Procreate app.

Thank you, Jessica, for the wonderful collaboration and inspiration, and your participation in this performance! Thank you Ryan for sharing your video and photos.

This painting was drawn directly from life as master violinist Anthony Blea played violin at the opening reception of my Spring Open Studios. I used an iPad pro with Apple pencil and the Procreate app.

Thank you Anthony for the creative collaboration and artistic inspiration! Thank you Stacy and Michael for sharing videos and photos.

This painting was created live at the POLITICO Top 20 Most Influential Players in California Tech Reception in The View Lounge at the top of the Marriott Marquis in downtown San Francisco. It was sponsored by Fathom. The event also celebrated the launch of POLITICO Pro’s Technology: California Decoded newsletter.

The painting was painted from direct observation during the two hours of the reception using iPad Pro, an Apple Pencil and the app Procreate.

In advance of the event I also created a series of portraits of the Top 20 Most Influential Players in California Tech recognized by Politico for their roles in California technology, innovation and policy. These portraits were shown as a series of framed fine art prints as well as in a looping digital slide show (that included the replay videos for each portrait) on a display screen.

Many thanks to the wonderful people of POLITICO, the staff of The View Lounge and the team of Skylark Creative Group.

Quotes about my live painting at this event:

“It was my favorite event to witness at the View Lounge and that was largely due to your creative contributions.”

“​This town was obsessed with the digital artist and thought it was the most innovative conceptualisation of an event they’ve ever seen put together!!”

“Thank you again for everything! We have only had wildly positive feedback.”

A little aside — as a resident of San Francisco I’d like to share that this venue is a hidden gem. The Marriott Marquis is affectionately known to locals as the “Jukebox” due to the resemblance of The View Lounge windows to a Wurlitzer Jukebox! This SFGate article talks about the history of the hotel. If you haven’t visited The View Lounge I highly recommend it!

This painting, all drawn directly from life on the day, captured the flow of the wedding of Love and Jacob at the beautiful Falkirk Mansion in San Rafael, California. In the painting you’ll see represented the wedding ceremony, the band on the veranda, the first dance and dinner, and the dance party afterwards.

My tools were an iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil and the Procreate app.

Congratulations to Love and Jacob!

This painting, all drawn directly from life at Lilly’s 60th Soiree using an iPad Pro, Apple pencil and the Procreate app, captured the flow of the celebration in the Verdi Club, San Francisco, California. Happy birthday to Lilly!