Studley Winter Trips

A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE ARTISTMy initi al inspirati on to draw and sketch came from my father, anarti st and oil painter who taught me how to sketch at an early age.I learned to quick sketch while studying architecture abroad inSpain since I didnt have a camera. I discovered that sketching, ratherthan photographing, allowed me the ability to retain the imageand memory of the moment indefi nitely.Aft er leaving architecture to pursue a career in development andconstructi on, my sketch book sat idle for years.Upon joining Studley in 2000, and having the opportunity to travelthe world via the annual Winter Trip, the inspirati on to sketch wasreborn. The blank sketchbook my father gift ed to me before hepassed away, and the Winter Trips fueled my inspirati on to expressmyself with the pen.My preference for sketching on linen dates back to my collegedays in Spain when I did not have a formal sketchbook and I wouldsketch on anything I could fi nd. Because we dined out quite a bit,table clothes and bar napkins were an easy target. My linen napkinsketches evolved over the years into the Numero Uno drawing I doevery year for the top-performing broker in our company.