Caricatures Pittsburgh ( Vince Ornato )

Vince's excellent adventure to New England to visit friends, including artist Dee JB at her cottage in Hampton Beach, NH, and we visited Mark Hayden, in Haverh...ill MA, a Copley Master painter, and I visited John Matta and Diana on their farm in New Milford CT on the way back. Dee and I sketched on the beach, did paintings and yes, even swam! The water was surprisingly warm for New Hampshire! I hit perfect weather, after the humidity left, like Pittsburgh. We also went to the Ogunquit Art Museum in Maine. And yes, she cut my hair. My painting is the blue one in the middle, with my ink drawings below and to the right. Dee's oils are left of that, with drawing underneath. We can not believe we've know each other almost 30 years. Dee had a sketchbook of mine from 2002, which I was thrilled she held on to--and I recall every drawing in it! And she called the pic of her, Mark and I, posted here, as a rose between two thorns. We met when we all took Daniel Greene workshops in NY state. To the very right, in gold frame, is Dan's pastel of Dee JB, and to the far left, is an oil of John Matta by Dan. Both own their portraits. The statue at the very bottom is a monument to the veteran's who lost their lives at sea, defended our freedom, and sits on the Hampton Beach boardwalk. Sean Matta Frederick Carlson Allen Levine Mark Zucco Jessica Lee Archie Carpenter Rita Ruscetti Bob Montello Ann Imes Natalie Shugars Salena Zito Brian O'Neill Roseann Laffey Parker Rosemary Skaggs Eric Mungai Christine Swann George Schill Philip Salvato Christine Swann See more

After having a nice meal in Rome, and walking around Piazza Novona, there is no telling who you will run into is you take a walk down Via Croce, correct Viviana... Altieri Mondo Italiano e Darcy Hawk, Darlene Durrwachter Rushing, Jim Pecora e Tina Bee? (Anthony Guarino, I think he's from Brookline, of our era?) See more

When I was in Italy this past April, I drew caricatures in Villa Borghese above Piazza di Popolo. Here is pic of me drawing one brave little soul...!

In 1993, producers from ESPN saw me drawing caricatures in Danbury Mall, near their studios in CT. Two nights later they hired me to draw live on their "three h...our tour" sports overview show. Since I was from Pittburgh, they billed me as the "Terry Bradshaw of Caricatures." I screen capped these from the old video. Keith Olberman interviewed me about my drawings of him, Mitch Albom and Suzie Kolber. I was on for three hours and drew all the guests and anchors. Tony Bruno from Philly stole his drawing! The big laugh was when I told them that Suzie, at her desk, made me think of The Mary Tyler Moore show. Everyone was very nice and professional, and Stuart Scott was especially so. And YES, you can hire me to draw caricatures at your party, wedding, school event, business promotion....anywhere people have faces! See more