Greg Manchess
Cosy comfort The artist opens up his Long Island studio space packed full of inspirational goodies
My studio is in a small island house built in 1940, with no room for easels or even large wall space. But the back end is full of windows, and I love working in the light.
I have to block direct sunlight with a piece of cardboard, but on overcast days the light is just right. I can look out across a farm field and a bank of trees filled with squirrels, chipmunks, and a variety of bird life. You know when the hawks come through as every creature freezes in place, and then they all scatter.
An interior illustration of Chooka Frood’s house created for The Demolished Man.
The ubiquitous stack of books for research on assignments, writing, and the sciences, especially about neuroscience, performance and the myth of talent, and simply for the joy of reading. Hold a book in your hands, and the world reveals its mysteries!