Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?...

On the 5th anniversary of the Katrina disaster in the Crescent City, I assembled a short video clip of some drawings, sketches, images and video of my favorite city...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Dmsa8iSLc

The sketch is a view of one of the steamboat houses built by Captain Doullut right next to the Mississippi River levee in the Lower Ninth Ward, the area that received the brunt of the rushing waters from hurricane Katrina...

Fort Rossia, Fort Ross, within the walls...

One watercolor view looking east from the upper level of the southern blocktower towards the main house and the Russian chapel...and I have added a detail view of the main house...

drawing on the wall

I had the opportunity to create a full size wall mural drawing in my office in San Ramon for Gensler and IIDA Northern Chapter event on sustainability.  Here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBfVNOEVjtk

Russian Chapel at Fort Rossia, Fort Ross, Northern California

A selection of watercolor images of the chapel at the settlement established by the Russians on the northern coast of California...

Fort Ross, Fort Rossia, California

A watercolor view of the north west block tower and walls of the Russian outpost and fort built on the northern coastline of California...

Tower and Palm tree in Pegu, Burma

Shwedagon Pagoda, Pray and Rest

A truly magical place in Yangon, the pagoda of Shwedagon, is a wonderful spot to visit, to stroll, to observe, to relax and to pray...

Shwemawdaw figures, Bago, Burma

A view of some of the sculptural figures at the Shwemawdaw pagoda, built by the brothers, Mahasala and Kullasala, who returned from India with two hairs from Gautama Buddha, upon which a small stupa was constructed to enshrine the hairs.  The pagoda has expanded with more relics and buildings and has been rocked by several earthquakes since 982.