Virgin Atlantic
San Francisco Inaugural
1994
Portrait of Sir Richard Branson, created from life on board the Virgin Atlantic San Francisco Inaugural flight. 25 years ago, on May 17th, 1994, I was part of the Virgin Atlantic San Francisco Inaugural VIP group, invited to paint a live digital portrait of Richard Branson on board the flight. We were flown over from […]
Norma Miller: The Passing of a Legend
Norma Miller December 2, 1919 – May 5, 2019 It is with sadness I heard today, May 5th, of the passing of a legend and my friend Norma Miller at age 99. I first met Norma when I started learning Lindy Hop in the mid 1990s, along with Lindy Hop pioneer Frankie Manning, a fellow […]
San Francisco International Art Salon, May 2019
On May 4th, 2019, I was the featured iPad painter at the first San Francisco International Art Salon 2019. I started drawing the magnificent performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 by soloist Feona Jones with Naomi Stine on 2nd piano. See Feona’s YouTube channel for the full 35 minute concert with my painting replaying […]
iPad Portraits at
Blue Bear Live Fundraiser
Salesforce Tower, San Francisco
I painted iPad portraits of guests at the Blue Bear Live 2019, an annual fundraiser for the Blue Bear School of Music. The location this year was the magnificent Ohana Level at the top of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco. You can see a few of the portrait replays in the video above, plus […]
da Vinspiration 500
May 2, 2019 And now for something completely different….On the 500th anniversary of his passing, we celebrated the genius of artist, scientist, entertainer and all-round polymath, Leonardo da Vinci. In the spirit of da Vinci’s relentless cross-disciplinary creative curiosity, guests enjoyed hands-on experience stations, da Vincian style entertainment, short talks / demos, and some light […]
Sugar Land International Arts Festival 2019
On April 27th, 2019, I was the featured iPad artist at the Sugar Land International Arts Festival 2019. I created live art on the main stage, depicting the scene, and also portraits of visitors at one of the booths on the grounds of the festival. Some portraits from the event:
iPad Picasso!
The Daffodil Ball
Montréal
At the Picasso-themed spectacular Daffodil Ball, an annual fundraiser in Montreal’s historic Windsor Station that supports the Canadian Cancer Society, I imagined what Picasso would do with an iPad!! As guests arrived they walked into Picasso’s studio! I painted the scene on my iPad. In the scene I painted, besides many Picasso works, Mireille R. […]
Painter-in-Residence
Music at Kohl Mansion
Apr. 14 & May 12
I am the Painter-in-Residence for the current 2018 / 2019 season at Music at Kohl Mansion – an annual series of chamber concerts in the historic Kohl Mansion, Burlingame, California. Click here (or on the image above) to be linked to the Music at Kohl Mansion June 2018 newsletter with information about the season. For […]
Spring Open Studios
April 5 – 7, 2019
LOCATION: 1890 Bryant Street Studios, Studio 306, San Francisco, CA 94110 (cross street Mariposa) HOURS: Friday, April 5th, 2019, 6pm – 9pm, Opening Reception featuring live art and music, plus “Gemini: Portrait of Laurel” unveiling. Saturday and Sunday, April 6th and 7th, 2019, Noon – 6pm OPENING RECEPTION Unveiling of my latest “slow” project, a […]
Live Painting
Michael Cerbelli’s: The Hot List
ILEA Philadelphia
Aemi I created iPad portraits from life of guests and live painted the stage presentation at the Michael Cerbelli’s “The Hot List™” 2019 in Moulin, Philadelphia, hosted by the International Live Events Association (ILEA) Greater Philadelphia chapter. I share here the replay of Michael’s presentation (at bottom of this page) plus some of the portrait […]