Smithsonian Castle

On the Washington mall

Mark Twain quote

The two most important days in your life are the day you where born and the day you find out why.

Executive Office Building part 2

Executive Office Building, Washington DC
I thought this might be a challenge to draw, and it was. Half way through I thought who is this crazy architect who I think used every architectural detail available to man at the time. Well, Alfred Mullett designed a lot of large buildings in this "Second Empire" style in different parts of the US at the end of the 19th century. He ran into trouble with people not liking them, some of the buildings being unsafe and over budget. He ended his life in litigation and suicide.
Mark Twain called it " the ugliest building in America". George W. Bush helped rededicate it as the Eisenhower Office Building.

Executive Office Building, Washington, DC

Work in progress

Famous Paintings Sell For Millions At Auction, But The Artist Gets Zero

Interesting story about paintings and ownership:

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/12/363313707/famous-paintings-sell-for-millions-at-auction-but-the-artist-gets-zero

The illustration is by Maria Fabrizio who puts out a great blog "wordlessnews.com" where she does an illustration for a news story every day.

Delaware

Chicago

C'mon, baby don't you want to go.

Oh come on, baba don't you want to go-oh-ooh
Come on, baba don't you want to go
Back to that same old place
My sweet home Chicago 

                                 -Robert Johnson