Woman on a Chair (Blue and Orange) by Ciana Pullen. Figure drawing from life, chalk pastel, 2009.

Chairs Stacked in a Restaurant Window, Paris, photograph by Ciana Pullen, 2014

Portrait of a little girl in a hat (detail) by Ciana Pullen. Charcoal, drawn from life, 2012. Image: head and shoulders of a 6-year-old-is...

Figure Drawing of a Seated Man, by Ciana Pullen 2009

Graffiti in Paris, photo by Ciana Pullen 2014.

Storefront with an Elephant Head, Paris, photo by Ciana Pullen, 2014.

A single man watching a couple toss away their key on the "Padlock Bridge," Paris, by Ciana Pullen, 2014 There's been a tr...

Sketch of a Hand, by Ciana Pullen, 2002

Roofline in Paris, Canal Saint-Martin neighborhood, photo by Ciana Pullen, 2014.

Julia Child, by Ciana Pullen. Charcoal, 2011. I drew this from one of Julia Child's cookbooks while working at the Farmer's Mark...

Boat Scene on the Canal Saint Martin, Paris. Photo by Ciana Pullen, 2014 While most tourists take boat tours down the Seine, a boat tou...

Sketch of a Man in Paris, by Ciana Pullen, 2014. I sketched this man as he was crocheting quietly on bench near the Centre Pompidou.

Reeds in Water, San Juan Islands, Washington. Photo by Ciana Pullen, 2009. Reeds in Water, San Juan Islands, Washington State. Photo by ...

An announcement: From now on this blog will function as a daily repository for my various artistic output. And maybe a little art-related jo...

Update : In June 2015 Emanuel AME, the church discussed in this post, was attacked by a white supremacist who killed nine people in an act o...

James van der Zee set up his famous photograhy studio in his sister's music conservatory in Harlem in 1911. Just as the Harlem Renaissa...

Happy Black History Month! Here is a portrait I drew from my Interesting South Carolinians series of Septima Poinsette Clark: Ciana Pull...

Quentin Blake, illustration for Rhoald Dahl's The Witches. In the film the central figure-- the witch leader-- was played by Angelica...

Film still from Flooded McDonald's , by SUPERFLEX. [Image description: color photo taken near eye level of water, maybe waist-deep, o...

[This post has been edited for brevity] Look at these weird babies! What do they have in common? Bramantino, Madonna and Child , c. ...